"vessel" meaning in Middle English

See vessel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛsɛl/, /ˈvɛsəl/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French vaissel, vessel, from Late Latin vāscellum. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro:vaissel<id:vessel>|id=small container}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "vessel", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "small vase", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "small vessel", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "vessel", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "container", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*wāss", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "vās", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elom", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ulum", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-culum", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "vāsculum", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "agent nouns" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-lus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "vāscellum", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "vaissel", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "vessel", "lang" : "enm" }" data-id="small container" data-lang="enm" data-title="vessel" id="Middle_English:_small_container">, {{bor+|enm|fro|vaissel}} Borrowed from Old French vaissel, {{der|enm|la-lat|vāscellum}} Late Latin vāscellum Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} vessel, {{enm-noun|vessels|pl2=vessel}} vessel (plural vessels or vessel) Forms: vessels [plural], vessel [plural], vescel [alternative], vessell [alternative], fessell [alternative], vessall [alternative], vesel [alternative], vessayle [alternative], fessel [alternative], wessell [alternative], ffessell [alternative]
  1. A container or vessel; a box for storage:
    A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:
    (by extension) A decorative container; a vase used for adornment.
    Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-ESP5LD-5
  2. A container or vessel; a box for storage:
    A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:
    (by extension) A piece of cookware; a container used for cooking.
    Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-Lf3MzlUh
  3. A container or vessel; a box for storage:
    A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:
    (by extension) Any sort of kitchen tool or utensil.
    Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-1SQa9BG-
  4. A container or vessel; a box for storage:
    A container used for the storage of medicines; a pharmaceutical container.
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-YGz~V3kD
  5. A container or vessel; a box for storage:
    Any object, especially a container, used in religious ceremonies or rituals.
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-b-ywPZF6
  6. A container or vessel; a box for storage:
    A large container or vat used for bulk storage.
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-SaslKx0D
  7. A container or vessel; a box for storage:
    (alchemy) Alchemical equipment, ware, or tools.
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-UzOmLqcr Categories (other): Alchemy Topics: alchemy, pseudoscience
  8. A container or vessel; a box for storage:
    Traveling equipment; travel gear.
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-5-l-RwSf
  9. In several anatomical senses:
    (figurative) A human being or the body of a human being.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-9Js3rnEG
  10. In several anatomical senses:
    Blood vessels; the tubes that blood travels in.
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-ukz~dVWy Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 2 15 1 9 4 2 4 4 4 2 7 2 2 2 2 27 4 6 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 1 17 1 6 4 1 5 5 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 28 5 4 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 2 16 1 5 4 3 4 4 4 2 5 3 3 2 2 26 4 3 1 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 8 8 8 4 9 6 7 4 3 29 7 4 1 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 8 4 9 6 5 4 2 31 8 4 1 1
  11. In several anatomical senses:
    Any sort of tube, duct or canal in the body (e.g. the intestines)
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-HfP~OfVO
  12. In several anatomical senses:
    (figurative, rare) The heart (as the seat of feelings).
    Tags: figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-oh1ke-TQ
  13. A seafaring vessel; a boat or ship.
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-oQ1i-M3N
  14. (mainly Biblical) A machine, device, or method. Tags: Biblical, mainly
    Sense id: en-vessel-enm-noun-uvgtaNmQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vesselling, vesselment

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "vessels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "vescel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "vessell",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fessell",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vessall",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vesel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vessayle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fessel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wessell",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ffessell",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "vessel",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "vessels",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:",
        "A decorative container; a vase used for adornment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:",
        "(by extension) A decorative container; a vase used for adornment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:",
        "A piece of cookware; a container used for cooking."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:",
        "(by extension) A piece of cookware; a container used for cooking."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:",
        "Any sort of kitchen tool or utensil."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:",
        "(by extension) Any sort of kitchen tool or utensil."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "A container used for the storage of medicines; a pharmaceutical container."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "Any object, especially a container, used in religious ceremonies or rituals."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "A large container or vat used for bulk storage."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Alchemy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "Alchemical equipment, ware, or tools."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alchemy",
          "alchemy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "(alchemy) Alchemical equipment, ware, or tools."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "alchemy",
        "pseudoscience"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A container or vessel; a box for storage:",
        "Traveling equipment; travel gear."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In several anatomical senses:",
        "A human being or the body of a human being."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "In several anatomical senses:",
        "(figurative) A human being or the body of a human being."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In several anatomical senses:",
        "Blood vessels; the tubes that blood travels in."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In several anatomical senses:",
        "Any sort of tube, duct or canal in the body (e.g. the intestines)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In several anatomical senses:",
        "The heart (as the seat of feelings)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heart",
          "heart"
        ]
      ],
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        "In several anatomical senses:",
        "(figurative, rare) The heart (as the seat of feelings)."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A seafaring vessel; a boat or ship."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A machine, device, or method."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mainly Biblical) A machine, device, or method."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Biblical",
        "mainly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛsɛl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛsəl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vessel"
}

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