Vat
[væt]
Definition
(noun.) a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production.
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Definition
(n.) A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.
(n.) A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
(n.) A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
(n.) A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
(n.) A vessel for holding holy water.
(v. t.) To put or transfer into a vat.
Typist: Willie
Definition
n. a large vessel or tank esp. one for holding liquors.—v.t. to put in a vat.—n. Vat′ful the contents of a vat.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a vat in your dreams, foretells anguish and suffering from the hands of cruel persons, into which you have unwittingly fallen.
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Examples
- The pulp thus prepared is placed in a large vat, where it is kept constantly agitated, to prevent the more solid parts from being deposited. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Pitt has got vat, said the Baronet, after this mark of affection. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I tell you, Mr. Cocher, dis morning, six, seven, ninety-five times, madame must have her litel, vat you call---over her knee. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- One-thousandth part of the acid introduced into a vat of gelatine or into decoctions of animal matter, prevents their undergoing decomposition for an indefinite period of time. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Ven at de Louvre I pay noting, to see avari ting vat is good. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Tell me vat I sal do for you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I ask--and dey tell me to go to Somaresetous, an to Pell Mell, vat you call. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And vat sal I do vid dis clean voman vat you talk to me about? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Don't you know vat a tower is? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Got bless my soul, taking my hand, you are very ill, you have much fever, vat shall pe done! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Reel machines are then employed to transfer the hides from one vat to another, thus subjecting them to liquors of increasing strength. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The cloth, the greasy wool, the polluting dyeing-vats? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The sides are then run through lime vats for the purpose of loosening the hair. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The cooking is done in great vats and in enormous electric ovens. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It also possesses a remarkable resistance to corrosive acids and for this reason is the preferred material for tanks and vats in wineries, breweries, chemical works, mines, tanneries, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Soaking in vats formerly occupied twelve or eighteen months, but under the new methods the time has been greatly reduced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the great curing room thousands of vats and tierces are piled, and the usual tierces hold about three hundred pounds of meat, while the vats hold nearly fifteen hundred pounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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