1) Easy to stick a needle in 2) Like an old hand 3) Like Calacatta marble 4) Like Gorgonzola 5) Like some hands or leaves 6) Like tree leaves 7) With lots of streaks 8) With many streaks 
• (a.) Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble.
Vein'y adjective [ From Vein : confer French veiné .] Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble.