Vessel
['ves(ə)l] or ['vɛsl]
Definition
(noun.) a craft designed for water transportation.
(noun.) an object used as a container (especially for liquids).
(noun.) a tube in which a body fluid circulates.
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Definition
(n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.
(n.) A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger 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.
(n.) Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
(n.) A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.
(v. t.) To put into a vessel.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Utensil (for holding any thing).[2]. Bottom, sailing craft.[3]. Tube, duct, canal.
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Definition
n. a vase or utensil for holding something: a hollow structure made to float on water used for conveyance &c.: a tube in which fluids as blood &c. are contained: a person considered as an agent of God.—The weaker vessel a phrase colloquially applied to a woman in allusion to 1 Pet. iii. 7.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of vessels, denotes labor and activity. See Ships and similar words.
Editor: Wallace
Examples
- This, rising above the water, and provided with reflecting lenses, enabled the steersman to discover the surface conditions and see any near vessel or other object. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Savannah, the first steam vessel to cross the Atlantic, made the trip in 1819 in 26 days. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We have given an epitome of the development of the submarine vessel up to the opening of the twentieth century. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The important feature of this boat was a diver’s compartment, enabling divers to leave the vessel when submerged, for the purpose of operating on wrecks or performing other undersea duties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He knew how near to breaking was the vessel that held his life. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The paddles were placed in the middle of the boat, near the stern; and there was a double rudder, connected together by rods which were moved by a winch at the head of the vessel. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- If Napoleon had deemed it best to have continued his journey across the Atlantic to America he would have been compelled to pass several weeks on an uncomfortable sailing vessel. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- From this space it reaches the outer air by a valve at the bottom of the outer vessel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Before she had gone a quarter of a mile both passengers and observers on the shore were satisfied that the steamboat was a thoroughly practicable vessel. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- To effect that object, it is necessary to employ a voltaic battery separated from the vessel in which the decomposition takes place. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- A fire extinguisher is a metal case containing a solution of bicarbonate of soda, and a glass vessel full of strong sulphuric acid. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- To England, then, I conveyed her; a fearful voyage I had with such a monster in the vessel. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Again, plac e the magnet in a wooden vessel, and then set the vessel afloat in a tub or cistern of still water. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The heat of the sun on the vessel was excessive, the company strangers to me, and not very agreeable. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The first steam war vessel was built in 1814 by Fulton for the defence of New York Harbor, during the then existing war times. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I saw vessels near the shore, and found myself suddenly transported back to the neighbourhood of civilized man. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Light cruisers are vessels of from 1,500 to 7,500 tons, used in scouting, as commerce destroyers, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The transports were all sailing vessels. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- For safety's sake, all oily cloths should be burned or kept in metal vessels. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I flew thither and back, bringing the desired vessels. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There was some delay in getting supplies ashore from vessels at anchor in the open roadstead. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The vessels came in, their officers entirely unconscious that they were falling into the hands of the Union forces. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Vessels of the Monitor type still form useful parts of the United States Navy, in which the Monterey and Monadnock are its most representative types. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mulhall gives the steam horse power of the world in 1895, not including war vessels, as follows: Stationary. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The watchers upon the larger vessels see to all about them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The submarine next came into practical view during the American Civil War, when the Confederate government built several such vessels, known usually as Davids from their inventor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I then inquired as to the vessels which lay at present in the port of London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The unequalized internal pressure forces the blood to the surface of the body and causes rupture of blood vessels and other physical difficulties. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- These qualities render it peculiarly serviceable for the stopping of vessels of different kinds, for floats, buoys, swimming-belts or jackets, artificial limbs, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is stated, that about the year 1787, experiments were made on the river Hull, by Furnace and Ashton, on the propulsion of vessels by steam power. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Editor: Stu