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ed; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland. No chargers then were wrought in burnished gold, Nor silver vases took the forming mold. Pope.

A clock whose decorative case has the general form of a vase, esp. one in which there is no ordinary dial, but in which a part of a vase revolves while a single stationary indicator serves as a hand.

Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.

Resection or excision of the vas deferens.

guent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum. [Written also vaselin.]

A celebrated cinerary urn or vase found in the tomb of the Emperor Alexander Severus. It is owned by the Duke of Portland, and kept in the British Museum.

One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.

and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.

The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. Shipley.

collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. Byron.

The act or process of sterilizing an animal or human being, as by vasectomy.

The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [Improperly so used.] Gwilt.

A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature. Meat biscuit, an alimentary preparation consisting of matters extracted from meat by boiling, or of meat ground fine and combined with flour, so as to form biscuits.

ls of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called Bristol diamond.

Of pertaining to Canopus in egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming.

member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.

a box, or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.

Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; as, vases, urns, etc. Knight.

ance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.

A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object.