Definition of vessel

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Vessel (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc..

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Vasiform :: Vasiform (a.) Having the form of a vessel, or duct..
Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls..
Seventy-four :: Seventy-four (n.) A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
Copper :: Copper (n.) A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper..
Culinary :: Culinary (a.) Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art..
Vessel :: Vessel (v. t.) To put into a vessel.
Clarifier :: Clarifier (n.) A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works..
Tackling :: Tackling (n.) Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc..
Berthing :: Berthing (n.) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake..
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron..
Steeve :: Steeve (v. i.) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc..
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..
Brigantine :: Brigantine (n.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail..
Flagship :: Flagship (n.) The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.
Collier :: Collier (n.) A vessel employed in the coal trade.
First-rate :: First-rate (n.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.
Sternsman :: Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel..
Lorcha :: Lorcha (n.) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk..
Statable :: Stasis (n.) A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation..
Tureen :: Tureen (n.) A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table..
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