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Vessel \Ves"sel\, n. [OF. vessel, veissel, vaissel, vaissiel, F.
vaisseau, fr. L. 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.
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[They drank] out of these noble vessels. --Chaucer.
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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.
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[He] began to build a vessel of huge bulk. --Milton.
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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.
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He is a chosen vessel unto me. --Acts ix. 15.
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[The serpent] fit vessel, fittest imp of fraud, in
whom
To enter. --Milton.
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4. (Anat.) Any tube or canal in which the blood or other
fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the
arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
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5. (Bot.) 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.
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{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.
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Vessel \Ves"sel\, v. t.
To put into a vessel. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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