Word Meanings - HATCH-BOAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries.

Related words: (words related to HATCH-BOAT)

• WHOSESOEVER
  The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
• MOVABLE
  1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. 2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable
• WHOLLY
  1. In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly. Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. Dryden. 2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully. They employed themselves wholly in domestic life. Addison.
• VESSELFUL
  As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
• WHOSE
  The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. Dryden.
• MOSTLY
  For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main.
• ALMOST
  Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. Almost never, scarcely ever. -- Almost nothing, scarcely anything.
• MOVABLENESS
  The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion.
• VESSEL
  Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc. (more info) vascellum, dim. of vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel. Cf. Vascular, 1. A hollow or concave utensil for
• IRREMOVABLE
  Not removable; immovable; inflexible. Shak. -- Ir`re*mov"a*bly, adv.
• AIR VESSEL
  A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral
• INNERMOSTLY
  In the innermost place. His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.
• IMMOVABLE
  Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. Immovable apparatus , an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. -- Immovable
• DEWAR VESSEL
  A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according
• AMOVABLE
  Removable.
• FOREMOSTLY
  In the foremost place or order; among the foremost. J. Webster.
• UNMOVABLE
  Immovable. "Steadfast, unmovable." 1 Cor. xv. 58. Locke.
• BLOOD VESSEL
  Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.
• IMMOVABLENESS
  Quality of being immovable.
• UNVESSEL
  To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty. Ford.
• REMOVABLE
  Admitting of being removed. Ayliffe. -- Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty (-, n.
• TANK SHIP; TANK VESSEL
  A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk.