| 1. a vessel
2. an implement 1) in the plural 2a1. household utensils, domestic gear 2a2. the tackle and armament of vessels, used specifically of sails and ropes 3. metaph. 1) a man of quality, a chosen instrument 2) in a bad sense, an assistant in accomplishing an evil deed ++++ "Vessel" was a common Greek metaphor for "body" since Greeks thought of souls living temporarily in bodies. |