英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Vessel
(n.)
Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are
contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics,
etc.
Vessel
(n.)
A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical
or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening
partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals
by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.
Vessel
(v. t.)
To put into a vessel.
Vesselful
(n.)
As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
Vesselfuls
(pl. )
of Vesselful
Vesses
(n.)
Alt. of Vessets
Vessets
(n.)
A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth.
Vessicnon
(n.)
Alt. of Vessignon
Vessignon
(n.)
A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
Vest
(n.)
An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment;
a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
Vest
(n.)
Any outer covering; array; garb.
Vest
(n.)
Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for
men, worn under the coat.
Vest
(n.)
To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress;
to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
Vest
(n.)
To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in
possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before
the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of
life and death.
Vest
(n.)
To place or give into the possession or discretion of some
person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the
possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in
the courts.
Vest
(n.)
To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or
houses.
Vest
(n.)
To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an
estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or
future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession.
Vest
(v. i.)
To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a
title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor,
the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law.
Vesta
(n.)
One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical
with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth;
hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.
Vesta
(n.)
An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.