Definition of vessel

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Vessel (n.) Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc..

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Sailing :: Sailing (n.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing..
Stretch :: Stretch (n.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
Cat :: Cat (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade..
Skin :: Skin (n.) A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1..
Bivalve :: Bivalve (a.) Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels..
Pink :: Pink (n.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.
Rinse :: Rinse (v. t.) To cleancse by the introduction of water; -- applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle..
Steamy :: Steamship (n.) A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.
Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A Dutch vessel with two masts.
Alabaster :: Alabaster (n.) A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made..
Tug :: Tug (n.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat..
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..
Vesselfuls :: Vesselfuls (pl. ) of Vesselfu.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them..
Loof :: Loof (n.) Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind..
Embark :: Embark (v. t.) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc..
Embolus :: Embolus (n.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism..
Steamboating :: Steamboat (n.) A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers..
Plexus :: Plexus (n.) A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers..
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