1) a vessel
2) an implement
2a) in the plural
2a1) household utensils, domestic gear
2a2) the tackle and armament of vessels, used specifically
of sails and ropes
3) metaph.
3a) a man of quality, a chosen instrument
3b) in a bad sense, an assistant in accomplishing an evil deed
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"Vessel" was a common Greek metaphor for "body" since Greeks thought
of souls living temporarily in bodies.