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.
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.
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.
Any tube or canal in which the
blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the
arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
A continuous tube formed from
superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheæ), 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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