TERMS STARTING WITH
vessel ::: 1. A hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, pitcher, or vase, used for holding liquids or other contents. Also fig. 2. A person regarded as a holder or receiver of something; esp. something nonmaterial. vessels.
vesselful ::: n. --> As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
vesselfuls ::: pl. --> of Vesselful
vessel ::: n. --> 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.
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.
Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as
Vessels of wrath (demons or fallen angels):
Vessels of wrath (demons or fallen angels): Theutus, Asmodeus, and Incubus. 302
Vessels: See sefirah.
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abreast ::: adv. --> Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast."
Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel&
absorbent ::: a. --> Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. ::: n. --> Anything which absorbs.
Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce
acupressure ::: n. --> A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.
adopter ::: n. --> One who adopts.
A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters.
advertise ::: v. t. --> To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss.
To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.
aeolipyle ::: n. --> An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve.
afferent ::: a. --> Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
affreightment ::: n. --> The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
afore ::: adv. --> Before.
In the fore part of a vessel. ::: prep. --> Before (in all its senses).
Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass.
aft ::: adv. & a. --> Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
after ::: a. --> Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
Hinder; nearer the rear.
To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. ::: prep.
agitate ::: v. t. --> To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
To move or actuate.
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to
AIM. ::: To return to the truth of the Divine now clouded over by Ignorance is the soul’s aim in life.
There is only one aim to be followed, the increase of Peace, Light, Power and the growth of a new consciousness in the being. With that new consciousness the true knowledge, understanding, strength, feeling will come.
Aim of yoga ::: to find the Divine is indeed the first reason for seeking the spiritual Truth and the spiritual life; it is the one thing indispensable and all the rest is nothing without it. The Divine once found, to manifest Him, - that is, first of all to transform one’s own limited consciousness into the Divine Consciousness, to live in the infinite Peace, Light, Love, Strength, Bliss, to become that in one’s essential nature and, as a consequence. to be its vessel, channel, instrument in one’s active nature.
Aim of Integral yoga ::: it is the rendering in personal experience of the truth which universal Nature has hidden in herself and which she travails to discover. It is the conversion of the human soul into the divine soul and of natural life into a divine living.
air vessel ::: --> A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral vessels.
air cell ::: --> A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.
A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.
air pump ::: --> A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.
A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.
alabaster ::: n. --> A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.;
alcarraza ::: n. --> A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.
ambulacrum ::: n. --> One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays.
One of the suckers on the feet of mites.
amphora ::: n. --> Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
ampulla ::: n. --> A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.
The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.
Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.
Ananda cannot descend or are mixed and split from the effer- vescing crude emotional vesseL No amount of ordinary reason- ing can get rid of the necessity of surmounting the lower in order that the higher may be there.
anastomosis ::: n. --> The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
anchor ::: 1. Any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold. 2. A person or thing that can be relied on for support, stability, or security; mainstay.
angienchyma ::: n. --> Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
angio- ::: --> A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.
angiography ::: n. --> A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.
angiology ::: n. --> That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.
angioma ::: n. --> A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
angioscope ::: n. --> An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
angiotomy ::: n. --> Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.
aquiferous ::: a. --> Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system.
areal ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).
areola ::: n. --> An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect&
argentry ::: n. --> Silver plate or vessels.
argosy ::: n. --> A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
ark ::: n. --> A chest, or coffer.
The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.
The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.
artery ::: n. --> The trachea or windpipe.
One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.
Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
aspersorium ::: n. --> The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.
A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
aspirator ::: n. --> An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.
An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.
ataunto ::: adv. --> Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.
avoider ::: n. --> The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
badge ::: n. --> A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.
Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one. ::: v. t.
baggala ::: n. --> A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean.
bain-marie ::: n. --> A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.
ballast ::: a. --> Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.
Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in
balloon ::: n. --> A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation.
A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul&
banker ::: n. --> One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
A money changer.
The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
barcon ::: n. --> A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.
barge ::: n. --> A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.
A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship&
barkentine ::: n. --> A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append. html{color:
barque ::: n. --> Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Same as 3d Bark, n.
barrel ::: n. --> A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel
basin ::: n. --> A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
The quantity contained in a basin.
A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.
A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.
basket ::: n. --> A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.
The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.
beach ::: n. --> Pebbles, collectively; shingle.
The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. ::: v. t. --> To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.
beaker ::: n. --> A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.
An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.
beakhead ::: n. --> An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.
A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.
Same as Beak, 3.
beam ::: n. --> Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.
The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
bedpan ::: n. --> A pan for warming beds.
A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed.
belaying pin ::: --> A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed.
bell jar ::: --> A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view.
bell ::: n. --> A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.
Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower.
That part of the capital of a column included between the
berthage ::: n. --> A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.
berthing ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Berth ::: n. --> The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
bicker ::: n. --> A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.
A skirmish; an encounter.
A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention. ::: v. i. --> To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
biggin ::: n. --> A child&
bilalo ::: n. --> A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of Manila.
bilander ::: n. --> A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland.
billboard ::: n. --> A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.
A flat surface, as of a panel or of a fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board.
billyboy ::: n. --> A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel.
bireme ::: n. --> An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
black-jack ::: n. --> A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende.
Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc.
A large leather vessel for beer, etc.
The Quercus nigra, or barren oak.
The ensign of a pirate.
blockader ::: n. --> One who blockades.
A vessel employed in blockading.
blood vessel ::: --> Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.
bloodshot ::: a. --> Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.
boat ::: n. --> A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.
A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
bocal ::: n. --> A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck.
bockey ::: n. --> A bowl or vessel made from a gourd.
boiler ::: n. --> One who boils.
A vessel in which any thing is boiled.
A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes.
bolthead ::: n. --> A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver.
The head of a bolt.
bombard ::: n. --> A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.
A bombardment.
A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer.
Padded breeches.
See Bombardo.
boottopping ::: n. --> The act or process of daubing a vessel&
bothrenchyma ::: n. --> Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.
bottle ::: n. --> A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids.
The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine.
Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one&
bouget ::: n. --> A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; -- also called water bouget.
bowgrace ::: n. --> A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from injury by floating ice.
bowl ::: n. --> A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the
bowsprit ::: n. --> A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.
boxhaul ::: v. t. --> To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).
breach ::: n. --> The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.
A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters
breastfast ::: n. --> A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel.
brigantine ::: n. --> A practical vessel.
A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail.
See Brigandine.
brig ::: n. --> A bridge.
A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
brim ::: n. --> The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.
The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.
The rim of a hat. ::: v. i.
bucket ::: n. --> A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.
A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel.
The valved piston of a lifting pump.
buckler ::: n. --> A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.
One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.
A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
bugle horn ::: --> A bugle.
A drinking vessel made of horn.
bulge ::: n. --> The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. ::: v. i. --> To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it
bulkhead ::: n. --> A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.
bulk ::: n. --> Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
The body. ::: v. i.
bumboat ::: n. --> A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.
bumkin ::: n. --> A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.
buoyage ::: n. --> Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.
burden ::: n. --> That which is borne or carried; a load.
That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a
burgee ::: n. --> A kind of small coat.
A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels.
bushel ::: n. --> A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.
A large indefinite quantity.
The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the
buss ::: n. --> A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.
A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery. ::: v. t. --> To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely.
"But our more difficult problem is to liberate the true Person and attain to a divine manhood which shall be the pure vessel of a divine force and the perfect instrument of a divine action. Step after step has to be firmly taken; difficulty after difficulty has to be entirely experienced and entirely mastered. Only the Divine Wisdom and Power can do this for us and it will do all if we yield to it in an entire faith and follow and assent to its workings with a constant courage and patience.” The Synthesis of Yoga
“But our more difficult problem is to liberate the true Person and attain to a divine manhood which shall be the pure vessel of a divine force and the perfect instrument of a divine action. Step after step has to be firmly taken; difficulty after difficulty has to be entirely experienced and entirely mastered. Only the Divine Wisdom and Power can do this for us and it will do all if we yield to it in an entire faith and follow and assent to its workings with a constant courage and patience.” The Synthesis of Yoga
vessel ::: 1. A hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, pitcher, or vase, used for holding liquids or other contents. Also fig. 2. A person regarded as a holder or receiver of something; esp. something nonmaterial. vessels.
cable ::: n. --> A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called
caique ::: n. --> A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size.
calcinatory ::: n. --> A vessel used in calcination.
camber ::: n. --> An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).
An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback. ::: v. t.
can ::: --> an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.] ::: n. --> A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a
cannikin ::: n. --> A small can or drinking vessel.
canteen ::: n. --> A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.
The sutler&
capacious ::: a. --> Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.
Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal.
capaciousness ::: n. --> The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.
caper ::: v. i. --> To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance. ::: n. --> A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.
capillary ::: a. --> Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. ::: n.
capillation ::: n. --> A capillary blood vessel.
capsize ::: v. t. & i. --> To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body. ::: n. --> An upset or overturn.
captain ::: n. --> A head, or chief officer
The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.
An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.
By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel,
capture ::: n. --> The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.
caracora ::: n. --> A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.
caravel ::: n. --> A name given to several kinds of vessels.
The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.
A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
A small fishing boat used on the French coast.
A Turkish man-of-war.
careen ::: v. t. --> To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel. ::: v. i. --> To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.
cargo ::: n. --> The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.
carpellum ::: n. --> A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.
carvelbuilt ::: a. --> Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel.
cask ::: n. --> Same as Casque.
A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel.
The quantity contained in a cask.
A casket; a small box for jewels. ::: v. t.
casserole ::: n. --> A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.
A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat.
caster ::: n. --> One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.
A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.
A stand to hold a set of cruets.
A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.
catamaran ::: n. --> A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations.
Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed.
cathead ::: n. --> A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.
cat ::: n. --> An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a
cell ::: n. --> A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.
Any small cavity, or hollow place.
The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
Same as Cella.
A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.
censer ::: a vessel in which incense is burned, especially during religious services.
censer ::: n. --> A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned.
centreboard ::: n. --> A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States
chafer ::: n. --> One who chafes.
A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.
A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.
chaffern ::: v. t. --> A vessel for heating water.
channel ::: n. --> The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by
chesstree ::: n. --> A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.
chopboat ::: n. --> A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels.
chrismatory ::: n. --> A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept.
churn ::: v. t. --> A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.
To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.
To shake or agitate with violence. ::: v. i.
chyliferous ::: a. --> Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels.
clarifier ::: n. --> That which clarifies.
A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works.
clearance ::: n. --> The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.
A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.
Clear or net profit.
The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it
clipper ::: n. --> One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.
A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.
A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing.
close-fights ::: n. pl. --> Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy&
closehauled ::: a. --> Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
close-stool ::: n. --> A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.
clubhaul ::: v. t. --> To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel&
coaster ::: n. --> A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.
One who sails near the shore.
cockpit ::: n. --> A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.
The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.
That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.
In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.
cogue ::: n. --> A small wooden vessel; a pail.
cohobate ::: v. t. --> To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel.
collapse ::: v. i. --> To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.
To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian&
collide ::: v. i. --> To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided. ::: v. t. --> To strike or dash against.
collier ::: n. --> One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.
A vessel employed in the coal trade.
commode ::: n. --> A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary fashion
A chest of drawers or a bureau.
A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel.
A kind of close stool.
commodore ::: n. --> An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army.
A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral.
A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club.
compensator ::: n. --> One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.
An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship&
conceptacle ::: n. --> That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle.
A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles.
One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.
congestion ::: n. --> The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper/mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
congest ::: v. t. --> To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.
To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.
conical ::: a. --> Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.
Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections.
conning tower ::: n. --> The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
constipate ::: v. t. --> To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.
To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
To render costive; to cause constipation in.
convoy ::: v. t. --> To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman. ::: n. --> The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.
A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed
cooler ::: n. --> That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.
Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.
copper-bottomed ::: a. --> Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.
copper ::: n. --> A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.
A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper.
A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.
the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship&
copperworm ::: n. --> The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper.
The ringworm.
corban ::: n. --> An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow.
An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
corsair ::: n. --> A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
A piratical vessel.
corvette ::: n. --> A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
counter ::: adv. --> A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
At or against the front or face.
The after part of a vessel&
counter brace ::: --> The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive.
cowl ::: n. --> A monk&
cowlstaff ::: n. --> A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons.
cozy ::: superl. --> Snug; comfortable; easy; contented.
Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. ::: a. --> A wadded covering for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot.
cranage ::: n. --> The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels.
The money or price paid for the use of a crane.
crankness ::: n. --> Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.
Sprightliness; vigor; health.
crare ::: n. --> A slow unwieldy trading vessel.
credence ::: n. --> Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.
That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence.
The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.
A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting
crew ::: n. --> The Manx shearwater.
A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.
The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.
In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter&
crockery ::: n. --> Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds.
crosstrees ::: n. pl. --> Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."
crucible ::: n. --> A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc.
A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal.
A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction.
cruet ::: n. --> A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.
A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar.
cruise ::: n. --> See Cruse, a small bottle.
A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure. ::: v. i. --> To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the
cruiser ::: n. --> One who, or a vessel that, cruises; -- usually an armed vessel.
crystal ::: n. --> The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.
The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.
cucurbite ::: n. --> A vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See Alembic.
cuddy ::: n. --> An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.
A blockhead; a lout.
A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.
A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel.
The coalfish (Pollachius carbonarius).
cul-de-sac ::: n. --> A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.
a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.
Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.
culinary ::: a. --> Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.
cup ::: n. --> A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.
The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
That which is to be received or indured; that which is
deadwood ::: n. --> A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.
Dead trees or branches; useless material.
decantation ::: n. --> The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.
decanter ::: n. --> A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.
One who decants liquors.
decant ::: v. t. --> To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.
decker ::: n. --> One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.
A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.
deck ::: v. t. --> To cover; to overspread.
To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.
To furnish with a deck, as a vessel. ::: v. --> The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or
dedicate ::: p. a. --> Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. ::: v. t. --> To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.
To devote, set apart, or give up, as one&
demijohn ::: n. --> A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.
demurrage ::: n. --> The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing.
The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.
deplete ::: a. --> To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
depletion ::: n. --> The act of depleting or emptying.
the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.
descensory ::: n. --> A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils.
dhow ::: n. --> A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail.
diapedesis ::: n. --> The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels.
digester ::: n. --> One who digests.
A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power.
A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them.
dipper ::: n. --> One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
A small grebe; the dabchick.
The buffel duck.
The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe.
The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
discharge ::: v. t. --> To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar.
To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to
disembark ::: v. t. --> To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops. ::: v. i. --> To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.
dish ::: n. --> A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.
The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods."
The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
A hollow place, as in a field.
distillatory ::: a. --> Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. ::: n. --> A distillatory apparatus; a still.
dogger ::: n. --> A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.
A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
dolphin ::: n. --> A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.
The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphaenoid.
A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy&
double-ender ::: n. --> A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end.
A locomotive with pilot at each end.
dow ::: n. --> A kind of vessel. See Dhow. ::: v. t. --> To furnish with a dower; to endow.
drogher ::: n. --> A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher.
dromon ::: --> In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel.
dubber ::: n. --> One who, or that which, dubs.
A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc.
duck ::: n. --> A pet; a darling.
A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men&
duct ::: n. --> Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.
A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.
Guidance; direction.
earthen ::: a. --> Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.
earthenware ::: n. --> Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.
easting ::: n. --> The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.
efferent ::: a. --> Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.
Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent. ::: n.
effusion ::: n. --> The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.
The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.
The liquid escaping or exuded.
ejaculatory ::: a. --> Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels.
Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as, an ejaculatory prayer or petition.
Sudden; hasty.
embarkation ::: n. --> The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.
That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits.
embark ::: v. t. --> To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. ::: v. i. --> To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the
embolism ::: n. --> Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.
Intercalated time.
The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
embolus ::: n. --> Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.
A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.
EMPrY QUIETUDE. ::: TIic consciousness is often like a vessel which has to be emptied of Its mixed or undesirable con- tents ; it has to Iw kept vacant for a while till it can be filled with things new and true, right and pure. The one tiling to be avoided is the refilling of the cup with the old turbid contents.
emptiness ::: n. --> The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.
Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
empyreuma ::: n. --> The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
emulgent ::: a. --> Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. ::: n. --> An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.
A medicine that excites the flow of bile.
endolymphangial ::: a. --> Within a lymphatic vessel.
endolymphatic ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct.
Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.
endothelium ::: n. --> The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.
engorgement ::: n. --> The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion.
The clogging of a blast furnace.
epithelium ::: n. --> The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.
equipage ::: n. --> Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire.
Retinue; train; suite.
A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that
evacuate ::: v. t. --> To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.
To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a
“Every man is knowingly or unknowingly the instrument of a universal Power and, apart from the inner Presence, there is no such essential difference between one action and another, one kind of instrumentation and another as would warrant the folly of an egoistic pride. The difference between knowledge and ignorance is a grace of the Spirit; the breath of divine Power blows where it lists and fills today one and tomorrow another with the word or the puissance. If the potter shapes one pot more perfectly than another, the merit lies not in the