Definition of vessel

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Vessel (n.) Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy..

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Fare :: Fare (v.) The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
Manofwar :: Manofwar (n) A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war..
Gourd :: Gourd (n.) A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle..
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels..
Ataunto :: Ataunto (adv.) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right..
Ampulla :: Ampulla (n.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc..
Navy :: Navy (n.) The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy..
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..
Junk :: "Junk (n.) A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters..
Roadster :: Roadster (n.) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.
Silicle :: Silicle (n.) A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique..
Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture..
Fondon :: Fondon (n.) A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.
Angienchyma :: Angienchyma (n.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels..
Ullage :: Ullage (n.) The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency..
Haemal :: Haemal (a.) Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal..
Sea Letter :: Sea letter () The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo.
Koff :: Koff (n.) A two-masted Dutch vessel.
Port :: Port (v.) In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages..
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