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What is a Vessel?
1. any object used as a container, esp for a liquid
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a passenger or freight-carrying ship, boat, etc. 3. (Engineering / Aeronautics) an aircraft, esp an airship 4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy a tubular structure that transports such body fluids as blood and lymph 5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a tubular element of xylem tissue consisting of a row of cells in which the connecting cell walls have broken down 6. a person regarded as an agent or vehicle for some purpose or quality- she was the vessel of the Lord [from Old French vaissel, from Late Latin vascellum urn, from Latin vsvessel] For we are all vessels upon our sea of commerce, in fact, every item you see or imagine can be a vessel. Your contracts are vessels too, as they carry goods from one port to the next.