Index of English words, starting with "ve"

(1) - Vessel (v. t.) To put into a vessel.
(2) - Vessel (n.) A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.
(3) - Vessel (n.) Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
(4) - Vessel (n.) Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.
(5) - Vessel (n.) A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
(6) - Vessel (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.

(1) - Vest (v. i.) To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law.
(2) - Vest (n.) To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession.
(3) - Vest (n.) To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses.
(4) - Vest (n.) To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
(5) - Vest (n.) To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death.
(6) - Vest (n.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
(7) - Vest (n.) Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
(8) - Vest (n.) Any outer covering; array; garb.
(9) - Vest (n.) An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.

(1) - Vesta (n.) A wax friction match.
(2) - Vesta (n.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.
(3) - Vesta (n.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.

(1) - Vestal (a.) A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
(2) - Vestal (a.) A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar.
(3) - Vestal (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.