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A word that holds blood, ships, and feelings — proof that everything is just plumbing.
means A hollow container for holding liquids, a ship or large boat, or a tube in the body that carries fluids like blood or sap.
from From Old French 'vaissel,' which came from Late Latin 'vascellum,' a 'small vase' — the diminutive of Latin 'vas,' meaning a vessel or container. So the grand ocean-going ship and the tiny capillary both shrink back to the same humble Latin pot. The biological sense (blood vessels) and the botanical one bloomed later, as people noticed that bodies and plants are full of little tubes ferrying things around — all just containers in motion.
- Body count
- Human blood vessels stretch 60,000 miles end to end
- Naval roots
- Latin vascellum meant small vase before it sailed
- Double duty
- Same word names arteries and aircraft carriers
- NYC landmark
- The Vessel is a 150-foot climbable honeycomb staircase
- Sacred use
- Religious texts call humans vessels for the divine