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Retort :: Retort (v. t.) A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works..

Bolthead :: Bolthead (n.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver..

After :: After (a.) To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway..

Endolymphatic :: Endolymphatic (a.) Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.

Vial :: Vial (n.) A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine..

Scarify :: Scarify (v. t.) To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein..

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels..

Vesselfuls :: Vesselfuls (pl. ) of Vesselfu.

Barge :: Barge (n.) A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated..

Lacteal :: Lacteal (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels..

Gymnospermous :: Gymnospermous (n.) Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel..

Silkweed :: Silkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed..

Quadrantal :: Quadrantal (n.) A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure..

Deadwood :: Deadwood (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

Laver :: Laver (n.) A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.

Tender :: Tender (superl.) Heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel.

Plexus :: Plexus (n.) A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers..

Rudderstock :: Rudderstock (n.) The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel..

Springal :: Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.

Emulgent :: Emulgent (n.) An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein..

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