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The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.

Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels.

ary work. The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted as it circulates through the vessels of the plant. Arbuthnot.

To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.

ins of a fire. "He rakes hot embers." Dryden. He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. Colebrooke.

The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

ust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. Eccl. xi. 3.

sing from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.

Within a lymphatic vessel.

Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.

The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. Hoblyn.

To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.

To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See Entry,

The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line. Ham. Nav. Encyc.