A general name for all the different sorts of ships, boats, &c., navigated on the ocean or on rivers and canals.
·vt To put into a vessel. II. Vessel ·noun Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds,...
·- Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein. ...
·add. ·- A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, ·etc., having the space between the wa...
·add. ·- A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk. ...
See iron-clad ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
See bomb-vessel. ...
A ship used as a floating magazine. ...
See trader. ...
See fraze. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
See under voluntary stranding. Also, the act of running a vessel up on the beach for various purpose...
A search performed by the jerquer of the customs, after a vessel is unloaded, to see that no unenter...
Deserting and abandoning her by reason of unseaworthiness or danger of remaining in her, also when g...
: on just ground, as supposed war, suspicious papers, undue number of men, found hovering, or cargo ...
To pass within hail of her for that purpose. ...
To pass over, into, or foul her by running against her end-on, so as to jeopardize her. ...
A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...
Applies to very keen seamanship, by which the vessel, from a close study of her capabilities, steals...