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A hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids, Botany One of the tubular water-conducting structures of xylem, consisting of a series of vessel elements attached end to end and connected by perforations. Vessels are found in nearly all flowering plants, A utensil for holding liquors and other things, as a cask, a barrel, a bottle, a kettle, a pot, a cup, or a dish, verb_ obsolete, transitive To put into a vessel

The act, process, or result of uttering sounds that are musical in quality or in succession; chanting; cantillation, The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing, disclosing information or giving evidence about another, adjective_ smooth and flowing, of a kettle, etc. Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam, verb_ Present participle of sing

One of the many small hard dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form the external covering of fishes and reptiles and certain mammals, such as pangolins, A dry thin flake of epidermis shed from the skin, A hard mineral coating that forms on the inside surface of boilers, kettles, and other containers in which water is repeatedly heated, intransitive verb_ To clear or strip of scale or scales, To throw (a thin flat object) so that it soars through the air or skips along the surface of water, To become encrusted

A removable or hinged cover for a hollow receptacle or box, A movable cover which closes an aperture or shuts in a cavity, and usually forms an integral part of the structure to which it belongs by being either attached or closely fitted to it_ as, the lid of a tea-kettle, stove, chest, or desk, headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim