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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Ataunto :: Ataunto (adv.) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right..
Shipping :: Shipping (n.) The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage..
Sprinkling :: Sprinkler (n.) An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot..
Blanket :: Blanket (v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
Ram :: Ram (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak..
Glandulation :: Glandulation (n.) The situation and structure of the secretory vessels in plants.
Snag :: Snag (v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree..
Closehauled :: Closehauled (a.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
Tectonics :: Tectonics (n.) The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind..
Affreightment :: Affreightment (n.) The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo..
Tureen :: Tureen (n.) A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table..
Bucket :: Bucket (n.) A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids..
Powerful :: Powerful (a.) Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel..
Cooler :: Cooler (n.) Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc..
Digester :: Digester (n.) A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them..
Empty :: Empty (v. t.) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern..
Slip :: Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller..
Soe :: Soe (n.) A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl.
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