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vessel(1) (iou) and American 1, adjective (oh)


vessel(1) (iou)



vessel noun1 & verb. ME.
[Anglo-Norman vessel(e) = Old French vaissel, Old & mod. French vaisselle (mod. vaisseau vessel, vase, ship) from late Latin vascellum small vase dim. of vas: see VASE, -EL2.]
A. noun.
collect. sing. Dishes or utensils for domestic or table use; spec. these made of gold or silver, plate. Long obsolete exc. dial. ME.
A hollow container or receptacle for a liquid etc., esp. a domestic or table utensil, as a cup, bottle, pot, bowl, or dish. ME.
drinking-vessel, kitchen vessel, etc.
A person regarded as the embodiment or exponent of a quality etc. Freq. foll. by of. Chiefly in biblical allusions. Now arch. & joc. ME.
the weaker vessel: see WEAK adjective.
H. Chapone They might..prove..chosen vessels to promote the honour of God. Sir W. Scott Nature..grieves that so goodly a form should be a vessel of perdition.
b. In biblical use, a means, an agency. ME-E17.
c. The body, esp. as the receptacle of the soul. LME-E18.
A ship or boat, now usu. one of larger size; a craft. ME.
fishing vessel, merchant vessel, naval vessel, sailing vessel, etc.
b. An airship; a hovercraft. E20.
a. Anatomy & Zoology. Any of the canals, ducts, or tubes in which the body fluids (esp. blood) are circulated. LME.
b. Botany. Any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, which serve to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root. Cf. vessel element below. L17.
Comb.: vessel element any of the special tracheary elements which, joined end to end and forming a continuous structure through the absorption of the end walls, form a vessel (cf. TRACHEID).
b. verb trans. Infl. -ll-. Put or enclose (a liquid etc.) in a vessel or container. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
vesselful noun as much or as many as a vessel will hold M19.

American 1, adjective (oh)



relating to the US or its people
::Her mother is American.
::a famous American writer
sth is as American as apple pie
used to say that something is very typically American
-see also Latin American