- (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.
- (v.t.) To put into a vessel.
- (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.
- (n.) Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; especially (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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