Vase
[vɑːz] or [veɪz]
Definition
(noun.) an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers.
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Definition
(n.) A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.
(n.) A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche.
(n.) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum.
(n.) The calyx of a plant.
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Definition
n. a vessel of stone metal glass or earthenware anciently used for domestic purposes and in offering sacrifices: an ornamental vessel generally of an antique pattern: a sculptured vaselike ornament: (archit.) the body of the Corinthian capital.—n. Vase′-paint′ing the decoration of vases with pigments esp. the decoration of the pottery of the ancient Greeks.—adj. Vā′siform.—Etruscan vases Greek vases so called mistakenly because found in Etruscan tombs; Portland vase a famous GréŽo-Roman cameo-glass with reliefs in opaque white glass on a dark-blue ground 9?inches high now preserved in the British Museum.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a vase, denotes that you will enjoy sweetest pleasure and contentment in the home life. To drink from a vase, you will soon thrill with the delights of stolen love. To see a broken vase, foretells early sorrow. For a young woman to receive one, signifies that she will soon obtain her dearest wish.
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Examples
- Tears rolled silently down Rosamond's cheeks; she just pressed her handkerchief against them, and stood looking at the large vase on the mantel-piece. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This is probably the earliest known vase bearing a Greek inscription. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Into the capacious bowl-like vase I sprang with ease, and scarcely had I settled down within it than I heard a number of people enter the apartment. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Lydgate paused; but Rosamond turned her neck and looked at a vase on the mantel-piece. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Vase am I, she thought, vase brimful of despair's direst essence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- From a painted vase, about 550 B.C.] We find all this distribution of the Greeks effected before the beginnings of written history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Emperor of Russia sent him a magnificent silver-gilt vase, with a letter congratulating him on his great achievement, and the King of England made him a baronet. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Eva's little table, covered with white, bore on it her favorite vase, with a single white moss rose-bud in it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But--Mr. Farebrother broke off a moment, and then added, you are eying that glass vase again. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And I took a rose from a vase and fastened it in her sash. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Here, she said, is this vase I haven't any flowers for. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mrs. Fairfax was dusting some vases of fine purple spar, which stood on a sideboard. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Odd vases made by his own hand from the clay of the region held beautiful tropical flowers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A considerable production of beautiful vases and carvings also continued. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They mould the softened rubber over clay patterns in the form of shoes, jars, vases, tubes, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The statues of children holding vases of holy water were immense, according to the tables of figures, but so was every thing else around them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That satisfied Amy, and when she got home she found the vases paraded on the parlor chimney piece with a great bouquet in each. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- To May's great delight, Mr. Laurence not only bought the vases, but pervaded the hall with one under each arm. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Good housekeepers drop small bits of charcoal into vases of flowers to prevent discoloration of the water and the odor of decaying stems. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Amy's dainty pen-and-ink work entirely eclipsed May's painted vases--that was one thorn. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Buy the vases, whispered Amy to Laurie, as a final heaping of coals of fire on her enemy's head. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In the theaters bronze vases of various sizes, arranged accordi ng to Pythagorean musical principles, were to be used in the auditorium to reinforce the voice of the actor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There were samples of cheap clocks, and samples of cheap vases of flowers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The first pieces of his rustic pottery soon reached the court of France, and Henry II and his nobles ordered vases and figures from him to ornament the gardens of their chateaux. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was in vain for him to bring Mr Merdle to Lord Decimus to tell him the history of the unique Dresden vases. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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