Definition of vessel

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Vessel (n.) A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel..

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Capillary :: Capillary (n.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels..
Tidewaiter :: Tidewaiter (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties..
Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line..
Banker :: Banker (n.) A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
Rumkin :: Rumkin (n.) A popular or jocular name for a drinking vessel.
Stuff :: Stuff (v. t.) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
Hoy :: Hoy (n.) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port..
Corvette :: Corvette (n.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war..
Beaker :: Beaker (n.) An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat..
Descensory :: Descensory (n.) A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils.
Bireme :: Bireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
Rudder :: Rudder (n.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment..
Maslin :: Maslin (n.) A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a)..
Bulkhead :: Bulkhead (n.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck..
Shape :: Shape (n.) To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel..
Corsair :: Corsair (n.) A piratical vessel.
Vascular :: Vascular (a.) Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc..
Basket :: Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven..
Meaking :: Meaking (n.) The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.
Provessel :: Provessel (a.) Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian..
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