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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vessel \Ves"sel\, n. [OF. vessel, veissel, vaissel vaissiel F. vascellum dim. of vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel. Cf {Vascular}, {Vase}.] 1. 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 [They drank] out of these noble vessels. --Chaucer. 2. 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. [He] began to build a vessel of huge bulk. --Milton. 3. 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. He is a chosen vessel unto me --Acts ix 15. [The serpent] fit vessel, fittest imp of fraud, in whom To enter --Milton. 4. (Anat.) Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics etc 5. (Bot.) A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (trache[ae]), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct. {Acoustic vessels}. See under {Acoustic}. {Weaker vessel}, a woman; -- now applied humorously. ``Giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel.'' --1 Peter iii. 7. ``You are the weaker vessel.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vessel \Ves"sel\, v. t. To put into a vessel. [Obs.] --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mortar \Mor"tar\, n. [OE. morter, AS mort[=e]re, L. mortarium: cf F. mortier mortar. Cf sense 2 (below), also 2d {Mortar}, {Martel}, {Morter}.] 1. A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle. 2. [F. mortier fr L. mortarium mortar (for trituarating).] (Mil.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45[deg], and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described. {Mortar bed} (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitably hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a mortar. {Mortar boat} or {vessel} (Naut.), a boat strongly built and adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for bombarding; a bomb ketch. {Mortar piece}, a mortar. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Packet \Pack"et\, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr LL paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See {Pack}.] 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as a packet of letters. --Shak. 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. {Packet boat}, {ship}, or {vessel}. See {Packet}, n., 2. {Packet day}, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day {Packet note} or {post}. See under {Paper}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vessel n 1: a tube in which a body fluid circulates [syn: {vas}] 2: a craft designed for water transportation [syn: {watercraft}] 3: an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
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