Definition of vessel

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Vessel (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..

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Collide :: Collide (v. i.) To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided..
Lorcha :: Lorcha (n.) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk..
Banker :: Banker (n.) A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
Implosion :: Implosion (n.) A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion..
Juncture :: "Juncture (n.) The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones..
Unvessel :: Unvessel (v. t.) To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them..
Absorbent :: Absorbent (n.) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants..
Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain..
Lool :: Lool (n.) A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.
Reembark :: Reembark (v. t. & i.) To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again..
Lumper :: Lumper (n.) A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
Bumboat :: Bumboat (n.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore..
Round :: Round (n.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole..
Fair :: Fair (superl.) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines..
Empyreuma :: Empyreuma (n.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
Kiln :: Kiln (n.) A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone..
Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
Kymograph :: Kymograph (n.) An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also kymographion..
Guess Warp :: Guess warp () A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.
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