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VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 1054 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn) , a word of somewhat wide application for many objects, the meaning common to them being capacity to hold or contain something. Thus it is a general

term

TERM

for any utensil capable of containing liquids, and for those tubular structures in anatomy, such as the arteries, veins or lymphatics, which contain, secrete or circulate the blood or lymph.

Organs

ORGANS

or structures which are largely supplied with vessels are said to be " vascular " (Lat. vasculum, another diminutive of vas).

Vessel

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas,
vase
- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate
  root
  - ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
  - ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
  is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
, urn)

(as in

French

FRENCH
CHESTER
- CHESTER
- CHESTER, EARLS OF
_1850_.html">FRENCH, DANIEL
CHESTER
- CHESTER
- CHESTER, EARLS OF
(1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

) is also a general

term

TERM

for all craft capable of floating on water larger than a

rowing

ROWING (O. Eng. rowan, to row, cf. Lat. remus, Gr. perµbr, oar)

boat. The word is also

familiar

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

in Biblical phraseology in the figurative sense of a person regarded as the recipient of some Divine

dispensation

DISPENSATION

, a " chosen

vessel

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas,
vase
- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate
  root
  - ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
  - ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
  is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
, urn)

," or as one into which something is infused or poured, " vessel of wrath."

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