English-Thai Dictionary

vessel

N ภาชนะ ใส่ ของเหลว  vase bowl cup container pa-cha-na-sai-kong-leo

 

vessel

N หลอด เลือด  vein lod-luad

 

vessel

N เรือเดินสมุทร ขนาดใหญ่  boat craft ship ruea-doen-sa-mud-ka-nad-yai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VESSEL

n.[L. vas, vasis. This word is probably the English vat. ] 1. A cask or utensil proper for holding liquors and other things, as a tun, a pipe, a puncheon, a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a dish, etc.
2. In anatomy, any tube or canal, in which the blood and other humors are contained, secreted or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, spermatics, etc.
3. In the physiology of plants, a canal or tube of very small bore, in which the sap is contained and conveyed; also, a bag or utricle, filled with pulp, and serving as a reservoir for sap; also, a spiral canal, usually of a larger bore, for receiving and distributing air.
4. Any building used in navigation, which carries masts and sails, from the largest ship of war down to a fishing sloop. In general however, vessel is used for the smaller ships, brigs, sloops, schooners, luggers, scows, etc.
5. Something containing.
Vessels of wrath, in Scripture, are such persons as are to receive the full effects of God's wrath and indignation, as a punishment for their sins.
Vessels of mercy, are persons who are to receive the effects of God's mercy, or future happiness and glory.
Chosen vessels, ministers of the gospel, as appointed to bear the glad news of salvation to others; called also earthen vessels, on account of their weakness and frailty.

 

VESSEL

v.t.To put into a vessel. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VESSEL

Ves "sel, n. Etym: [OF. vessel, veissel, vaissel, vaissiel, F.vascellum, dim. of vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel. Cf. Vascular, Vase. ]

 

1. 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. [They drank ] out of these noble vessels. Chaucer.

 

2. 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. [He ] began to build a vessel of huge bulk. Milton.

 

3. 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. He is a chosen vessel unto me. Acts ix. 15.[The serpent ] fit vessel, fittest imp of fraud, in whom To enter. Milton.

 

4. (Anat. )

 

Defn: Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.

 

5. (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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. Acoustic vessels. See under Acoustic. -- 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. " Shak.

 

VESSEL

VESSEL Ves "sel, v. t.

 

Defn: To put into a vessel. [Obs. ] Bacon.

 

VESSELFUL

Ves "sel *ful, n.; pl. Vesselfuls (.

 

Defn: As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vessel

ves sel |ˈvesəl ˈvɛsəl | ▶noun 1 a ship or large boat. 2 a hollow container, esp. one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask. • (chiefly in or alluding to biblical use ) a person, esp. regarded as holding or embodying a particular quality: giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel. 3 Anatomy & Zoology a duct or canal holding or conveying blood or other fluid. See also blood vessel. • Botany any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vessel (e ), from late Latin vascellum, diminutive of vas ‘vessel. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

vessel

ves ¦sel |ˈvɛs (ə )l | ▶noun 1 a ship or large boat. 2 a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask. • (chiefly in biblical use ) a person regarded as having or embodying a particular quality: giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel. 3 Anatomy & Zoology a duct or canal holding or conveying blood or other fluid. See also blood vessel. • Botany any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vessel (e ), from late Latin vascellum, diminutive of vas ‘vessel ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

vessel

vessel noun 1 a fishing vessel: boat, ship, craft, watercraft; literary bark /barque. 2 pour the mixture into a heatproof vessel: container, receptacle; basin, bowl, pan, pot; urn, tank, cask, barrel, drum, vat.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

vessel

vessel noun 1 the lifeboat was called to the aid of a fishing vessel: boat, sailing boat, ship, yacht, craft, watercraft; literary barque, keel. 2 pour the decoction into a heatproof vessel: container, receptacle, repository, holder, carrier; basin, bowl, dish, pan, pot, can, tin, jar, jug, pitcher, carafe, flask, decanter; urn, tub, bin, tank, drum, canister, butt, vat, cask, barrel; box, case, chest, casket; archaic reservatory. 3 he burst a blood vessel during a fit of coughing: duct, tube, channel, passage, pipe; artery, vein; technical vas, trachea.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

vessel

ves sel /vés (ə )l /〖語源は 「小さな器 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 a. ｟かたく ｠(大型の )船 , 船舶 ▸ a fishing [cargo, sailing, merchant ] vessel 漁 [貨物, 帆, 商 ]船 .b. 飛行船 .2 ｟古 /かたく ｠(液体を入れる )容器 , 入れ物 〘ボール コップ たるなど 〙▸ a glass vessel ガラスの容器 .3 〘解剖 〙(血液などを通す )管 ;〘 植 〙導管 ▸ a blood vessel 血管 .4 〘聖書 〙(ある特質を持つ, または受ける器としての )人 ▸ a weak vessel 弱き器, 頼りにならない人 .