Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - vessel
Vessel
vessel
n. 1 a hollow receptacle esp. for liquid, e.g. a cask, cup, pot, bottle, or dish. 2 a ship or boat, esp. a large one. 3 a Anat. a duct or canal etc. holding or conveying blood or other fluid, esp. = blood-vessel. b Bot. a woody duct carrying or containing sap etc. 4 Bibl. or joc. a person regarded as the recipient or exponent of a quality (a weak vessel). Etymology: ME f. AF vessel(e), OF vaissel(le) f. LL vascellum dimin. of vas vessel
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin vascellum, diminutive of Latin vas vase, ~ Date: 14th century 1. a container (as a cask, bottle, kettle, cup, or bowl) for holding something, a person into whom some quality (as grace) is infused , a watercraft bigger than a rowboat, 3. a tube or canal (as an artery) in which a body fluid is contained and conveyed or circulated, a conducting tube in the xylem of a vascular plant formed by the fusion and loss of end walls of a series of cells ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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