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vesseling

vesseling is the present participle and gerund of vessel.

Meaning of vessel

Verb

vessel (third-person singular simple present vessels, present participle (US) vesseling or (UK) vesselling, simple past and past participle (US) vesseled or (UK) vesselled)

  1. (transitive) To put into a vessel.
    • Our hony alſo is taken and reputed to be the beſt bycauſe it is harder, better wrought & clenlyer veſſelled vp, thẽ that which cõmeth from beyond the ſea, where they ſtampe and ſtraine their combes, Bées, & young Blow|inges altogither into the ſtuffe, as I haue béene informed.1577, William Harrison, The Description of England in Holinshed’s Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 3, Chapter 12 “Of venemous beastes &c.,”

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Questions about vesseling

What is vesseling the present participle and gerund of?
Vesseling is the present participle and gerund of vessel.

Words near vesseling in the dictionary

  1. vessel sink
  2. vessel sinks
  3. vesseled
  4. vesselful
  5. vesselfuls
  6. vesseling
  7. vessell
  8. vesselled
  9. vesselling
  10. vessells
  11. vesselness

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