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To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf.

Mooring block (Naut.), a heavy block of cast iron sometimes used as an anchor for mooring vessels.

A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.

excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows. -- Mosquito fleet, a fleet of small vessels. -- Mosquito hawk (Zoöl.), a dragon fly; -- so called because it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes. -- Mosquito netting, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for making mosquito bars.

The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.

An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid.

convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.

Having many pods or seed vessels.

beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups, vessels. Murrhine glass, glassware made in imitation of murrhine vases and cups.

birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries.

Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.

To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail. The Phenicians navigated to the extremities of the Western Ocean. Arbuthnot.

The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.

Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels. [R.] Blount.

The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.

The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd.

ome; net weight, etc. [Less properly written nett.] Net tonnage (Naut.), the tonnage of a vessel after a deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow space for crew, machinery, etc.

The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.

Destitute of vessels; extravascular.