vessel : Idioms & Phrases

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Acoustic vessels

  • brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.
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air vessel

Air" ves`sel
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  1. A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral vessels.
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arterial blood vessel

  • noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
    artery; arteria.
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Blood vessel

  • noun a vessel in which blood circulates
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  • . See in the Vocabulary.
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Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel

  • (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; called also mortar vessel.
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capillary vessel

  • noun any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
    capillary.
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cargo vessel

  • noun a ship designed to carry cargo
    cargo ship.
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Coasting vessel

  • a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster.
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container vessel

  • noun a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes
    container ship; containership.
    • the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceed 90 pounds
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Dorsal vessel

  • (Zoöl.), a central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects, acting as a heart.
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drinking vessel

  • noun a vessel intended for drinking
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fishing vessel

  • noun a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive
    fishing smack; fishing boat.
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lymph vessel

  • noun a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation
    lymph vessel.
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lymphatic vessel

  • noun a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation
    lymph vessel.
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merchant vessels

  • noun conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
    merchant marine; cargo ships; shipping.
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Milk vessel

  • (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See Latex.
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Mortar boat ∨ vessel

  • (Naut.), a boat strongly built and adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for bombarding; a bomb ketch.
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Packet boat, ship, ∨ vessel

  • . See Packet, n., 2.
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Pseudhæmal vessels

  • the blood vessels of annelids.
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Radical vessels

  • (Anat.), minute vessels which originate in the substance of the tissues.
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sailing vessel

  • noun a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
    sailing ship.
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Seed vessel

  • noun the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
    pericarp.
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  • (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp.
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Silk vessel

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Silk gland, above.
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Steam vessel

  • a vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or steamship; a steamer.
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To drop a vessel

  • (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it.
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To eat the wind out of a vessel

  • (Naut.), to gain slowly to windward of her.
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To fend off a boat ∨ vessel

  • (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.
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To put a vessel into commission

  • (Naut.), to equip and man a goverment vessel, and send it out on service after it has been laid up; esp., the formal act of tacking command of a vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc.
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To put a vessel out of commission

  • (Naut.), to detach the officers and crew and retire it from active service, temporarily or permanently.
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To right a vessel

  • (Naut.), to restore her to an upright position after careening.
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To tend a vessel

  • (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle the cable.
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venous blood vessel

  • noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
    vena; vein.
    • all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood
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Vital vessels

  • (Bot.), a name for latex tubes, now disused. See Latex.
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war vessel

  • noun a government ship that is available for waging war
    combat ship; warship.
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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."
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