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vassal (VAS uhl) (noun)
A person in the past who received protection and land from a lord in return for loyalty and service; often used figuratively to describe a person, country, etc., that is controlled by someone or something more powerful: "The little country will become a vassal of the empire."
vessel (VES uhl) (noun)
1. A ship or large boat: "We traveled with the sailing vessel along the coast before landing."
2. A vein or artery that carries blood through the body: "You could easily see main blood vessel on his arm."
3. An open dish or container typically for liquids: "Some wine was served from the old drinking vessel."
2. A vein or artery that carries blood through the body: "You could easily see main blood vessel on his arm."
3. An open dish or container typically for liquids: "Some wine was served from the old drinking vessel."
The vassal was asked to carry the vessel to the table where it was packed in a box and taken to a large river-going vessel for shipment to its destination.
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“vessel”
(Greek > Latin: [receptacle], vessel, often a blood vessel; "covered by a seed or vessel", a seed vessel; a learned borrowing from Greek meaning "vessel", "container")
(Greek: bile, gall plus angio-, vessel)
(Latin: vessel [blood, other fluids]; tube, duct)
(Greek (amphoreus > Latin (amphora): bottle, jar; a vessel with two handles or ears, a pitcher)
(Greek > Latin: @ two-handled; a vessel with two handles or ears; a pitcher or vase)
(reconstruction of blood vessels damaged by disease or injury usually performed by inflating a balloon inside the blood vessel lumen (tube) in order to reconstitute the flow of blood)
(reconstruction of blood vessels damaged by disease or injury usually performed by inflating a balloon inside the blood vessel lumen (tube) in order to reconstitute the flow of blood)
(reconstruction of blood vessels damaged by disease or injury usually performed by inflating a balloon inside the blood vessel lumen (tube) in order to reconstitute the flow of blood)
(reconstruction of blood vessels damaged by disease or injury usually performed by inflating a balloon inside the blood vessel lumen (tube) in order to reconstitute the flow of blood)
(reconstruction of blood vessels damaged by disease or injury usually performed by inflating a balloon inside the blood vessel lumen (tube) in order to reconstitute the flow of blood)
(reconstruction of blood vessels damaged by disease or injury usually performed by inflating a balloon inside the blood vessel lumen (tube) in order to reconstitute the flow of blood)
(reconstruction of blood vessels damaged by disease or injury usually performed by inflating a balloon inside the blood vessel lumen (tube) in order to reconstitute the flow of blood)
(Greek: force, strength; seat of strength; muscle, sinew; fibrous vessel in a muscle)
(Greek: used as a suffix; rupture of an organ or vessel; a breaking forth, bursting)
(Greek: vein, blood vessel; from the verb, phlein, "to flow")
(Latin: branch, branches, or a forked structure; ramus (singular), rami (plural); a general term for a smaller structure given off by a larger one, or into which the larger structure; such as, a blood vessel or nerve, divides)
(Greek: boat-shaped [often refers to bones]; shaped like the hull of a boat; dug out like a boat; trench; deep vessel)
(Latin: tortoise, turtle; from earthern vessel)
(Latin: a vessel or vessels; including, tubes, ducts, or canals that convey and circulate fluids; such as, blood, lymph, or sap, through the bodies of animals or plants)