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vessel

noun
/ˈvɛsəl/US/ˈvesəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāss Late Latin vās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Italic *-elom Late Latin -ulum Late Latin -culum Late Latin vāsculum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Late Latin -lus Late Latin vāscellum Old French vaisselbor. Middle English vessel English vessel Inherited from Middle English vessel, vessell (“small container”); from Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau and Catalan vaixell), from Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vase, vessel”).

  1. derived from vāscellum
  2. derived from vaissel
  3. inherited from vessel

Definitions

  1. A craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space.

    • But my hope was, that if I stood along this coast till I came to that part where the English traded, I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade, that would relieve and take us in.
    • Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter.

  2. Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals.

    • All his Vessell was of golde and siluer, pottis, basons, ewers, dysshes, flagons, barels, cuppes, and all other thyngis.

  3. A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or…

    A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A person as a container of qualities or feelings.

      • A teacher should be a vessel of knowledge.
      • But the Lord said vnto him, Goe thy way: for hee is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my Name before the Gentiles, and Kings, and the children of Israel.
      • [The serpent] fit vessel, fittest imp of fraud, in whom to enter.

    2. A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.

      • Blood and lymph vessels are found in humans; xylem and phloem vessels are found in plants.

    3. To put into a vessel.

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Derived

collateral vessel, empty vessels make the most sound, space vessel, vessel element, vessel flute, vesselful, vesselness, vessel sink

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vessel. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at vessel. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at vessel

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA