VESSEL. 158 VEST. of a person regarded as having the containing capacity or function of a vessel. Freq. const, of (a conditiwi, quality, etc). Nowor^^. Few thephr. the weaker vessel^ see Weak «. n\yM Cursor M. 1967^ pou ga til him {sc. Paul], he es me le!e. And o mi diesing he es wesscle. 138a Wvclif 2 Tim. it. 31 He schal be a vessel halwtd into honour, and ratjfytable to the Lord. 1388 — Gen. xWx. 5 Symeon and Leuy,..fiv>'ngev*ss'ls of wickidnesse. ai^ooN. 7'.(Paues) Acts ix. 15 For he es maked vnto me a vessel of choos forto -bere my name bifore kenges ande folke. 1451 Capgravk Li/e St. Gi^rt xxxviL 115 [They] came on-to be graue wber-.Gilbcrtes body was hid, and..Jjei lifte up M holy oessel of God. 15^ Piigr. Per/. (W. de W. 1531) 19 Therfore let vs apply our wylles at all tymes to be vesselles of grace. 155* Lyndesav Dreme 254 The cursit Emprioiir Nero, Off euerilk vice the horrabyll weschell. 1597 Hooker Eccl. Fol. V. xlix. § I We know there are vessels of wrath. ax6a9 Hindf. J. Bruen ii. (1641) 6 If he [God] had a purpose to reserve him as a vessell of honor, and for his own house. 1667 Milton P. L. ix. 89 Him after long debate., his final sentence chose Fit Vessel, fittest Imp of fraud, in wber vestyment, Or any oJ?er vesselement pat fallep to holy cherches seruyse. Ibid. 0480 For sacrylage, alle J>ys ys tolde, pat vesselment of cherche ys wybnolde. 13.. E. E. A Hit. P. B. 1280 Dere disches of golde & dubleres fayre, [>e vyoles & J>e vesselment of vertuous stones. Ibid, 1288. t VeSSey. Obs. rare. Also 6 vesse (9 vesey). [Of uncertain origin. Cf. Fesse 2.] Vessey colour, a light-blue or sky-blue colour. 156a Leigh Armorie (1597) ii6b, Fishes, or something., appertaining to them. Whereof the maisterie must bee of colour vesse, that is, the colour of the Turcas. c 1573 in Nichols Progr. Q. Elizab. (1823) I. 413 He hath twoe clokes, th' one of Vessey Collor garded with . .black Clothe and twisted lace. (Hence 1826 Hor. Smith Tor Hill I. 186 A vesey-coloured cloak, guarded with black cloth, and twisted lace of carnation. 1 Vessiole, obs. f. Vesicle. Vest (vest), sb. Also 8 dial. west. [a. F. veste, a. It. veste (also vesta^ robe, gown :—L. vestem, vestis garment, attire, clothing, cognate with Gr. \
VEST. initiate's vest.. hung out under my cuirass. 1839 Cassan Bps. Bath 4- iVells 162 He gave also many splendid vests to the Churches of Bath and Wells. 3. a. A sleeveless garment of some length worn by men beneath the coat. (Introduced by Charles II ; see first quot.) Now? Hist. b. A short garment worn beneath the coat or jacket as 1887 Lady's IVorld June 256/1 Vests of spotted kersey, mere, .are made with military collars and two pockets. X913 Daily Graphic 26 Mar. 12/4 The bodices having vests ana collars of ecru lace. 1913 flay Pictorial Ho. 134P. ii/i It also vest-pooket voter U.S. (see quot. 1883). 1813 Mass. Spy 3 Dec. (Thornton), He found him asleep, took from his vest pocket the key [etc.]. i8>8 Webster, I'estlng, cloth for vests; vest patterns. 1879 G. W. Cable Grandlsslmes xliii, I could be a confectioner, a milliner, a dressmaker, a vest-maker. 1883 in Bryce Amer. Comiinv. (1888) III. V. Ixxxix. 217 The class of 'vest-pocket voters' —men who come to the polls with their tickets made up, to the confusion of ' the boys.' Vest (vest), V. Also 5 Sc. west. [ad. OF. vestir (mod.F. vetir, = Sp. and Pg. vestir. It. vestire) :— L. vestire to clothe, f. veslis clothing see prec.] I. 1. trans. To place, settle, or secure (something) in the possession of a person or persons = Invest v. 6. Chiefly in passive, and usually j I I , ' const, in (rarely upon or vnth). to estates, rights, titles, etc. a. \Vith reference e 1415 Wyntoi;n Cron. viil xL 7089 Al Gascon wi)>e >>e portynance To be insesit and westit He and al his ayris ijwhit. J47S Rolls o/Parlt. VI. 147/1 That all such astate, title, right,.. and possession .. in the same persone and persones and their heires be vested. 1503-4 Act 19 Hen. yil, c. 34 § 7 The seid Castels .. [shall] in the same persone or persones and their heires be vested and they therin be intiteled. 1585 Holinsmed Hist. Scot, in Chron. II. 244/a The ri§ht of which countie king Dauid affirmed to be iustlie m him.. as truelie vested in his possession by the forfeiture. 1650 yimi. Hammond's Addr. |6o. 24 What is vested in me, I may give or derive to another; what is intrusted onely, I cannot. 1651 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. II. viii. (1739) 53 No Legiance is due to him, before the Crown IS vested upon him. 1701 Lond. Gaz. No. 3830/4 Until all the said Estates and Interests vested in them are disposed of. 1758 in Naime Peerage Evid. (1874) 68 The late act of parliament vesting the estates of certain traitors in his majesty. 1818 Cruisb Digest (ed. 2) II. 22 There were no words to vest the portions in the daughters till a marriage with consent. 1847 Bright Sp., Ireland 13 Dec (1876) 1^3 A bill with this title to vest the ownership of the land with the present occupiers. i8«8 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvi. 107 The Court may direct the parts so laid out to remain vested in the trustees. b. With reference to power or authority. 1659 Hammond Oh Ps. Ixxx. 17 By which the power is vested on him. 1671 Marvill Reh. Traiisp. u 98 The Government of Religion was vested in Princes by an ante- cedent right to ChrisL 1691 T. H(ai.e] Acc. New Invent. p. . Ixxxvu, That power of abating Nusances . is vested in both of their Offices, both by Grant and Prescription. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters III. 244 There is a particular jurST diction vested in the officers. 1774 Pennant Tour Scott, in '77^t .45 The right of voting is vested by burgess tenure in certain houses. i8ai W«lleslev in Owen Desp. (1877) 210 It IS my intention to proceed immediately to vest the administration of the ceded districts in the hands of the Company's civil servants. 1841 Elphinstone Hist. India I. 37 The government of the society thus constituted was vested in an absolute monarch. 1867 Freeman Norm. Cony. '•533 That va?ue power of recommending a successor which the Law vested in him. C. transf, 1*49 RusKiN Stv. Lamps v. fai. 157 If completeness is 159 thought to be vested in polish, and to be attainable by help of sand paper. 1852 Thackeray Esmond i. iii, Proud of this confidence and secret vested in him. 2. To put, place, or establish (a person) in full or legal possession or occupation of something = Invest v. 5. Chiefly in passive, and usually const, in (or t ?/^)- In early use only Sc. in the phrase vested (also vest) and seized. 1464 in Acc. Fam. Innes (1864) 78 The said schir Robert deyt last ves(t]it and sesit as of fee. 1488 Acta Dom. Audit. I I a nsual part of male attire ; a waistcoat. l6«« Pepvs Diary 8 Oct., Vhe King hath yesterday, in Council, declared his resolution of setting a fashion for clothes. . . It will be a vest, 1 know not well how ; but it is • to teach the nobility thrift. Ibid, 15 Oct., This day the King begins to put on his vest;. .being a long cassocke close to the body, of black cloth, and pinked with white silk under it, and a coat over it, and the legs rutHed with black riband like a pigeon's leg. 1667 in Vertiey Mem. (1907) II. 300, 1 doubt the old fellow must have a new vest and tunick. z668 Etheredgk She rvoutd ifshe cottldiw. iii, You are not To learn.. how absolutely necessary A rich Vest and a Perruque are to a man that aims At their favours. 171a Overseers' Ace. Holy Crass, Canterb., Payd for mackin a west and briches for gouddins child, [^Jo. i. 6. i8t8 Scott Roi Roy V, She wore.. a coat, vest, and hat, resembling those of a man. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair lix, Provided with some of the most splendid vests that Calcutta could furnish. 1907 Dully .Veios 3 Sept. 3/2 Lightish striped cashmere trousers would not be correct.. if worn with a dark blue coat and vest. presently inquired for the principal magistrate of the town, trans/. 1830 Whittier Mogf Megone 1237 The rivets of the vest Which girds in steel his ample breast. 1863 Bates Nat. Amazon viii. (1864) 220 A bird resembling our starling in size . . and not unlike it in colour with the exception of the rich rosy vest. 1876 Hollasd Sev. Oaks i. Among the charms that dangled from this liquid chain—depending from the vest of a landscape, which ended in a ruffle of woods. O. A knitted or woven undergarment for the upper part of the body, worn next to the skin. i8ji Catiit. Gt. F.xhlb. iii. 583/1 Cotton,. .spun silk, merino and Cashmere gentlemen's and ladies* vests. 1883 ' SVLVIA ' Lady's Guide to Home Dressm. », Millinery xiiL 107 [List of under-linen], 4 merino vests, [/Jo 5 9. d. Part of a woman's dress bodice, consisting of a collar and front, asoally of lace, net, silk, or other soft material. (a ' waistcoat blotLse '] has a soft net vest that ends in short sharp points. e. atlrib. and Comb., as vtst-maker, -pocket; b. To invest (a person) witA some quality, esp. power, authority, etc. Chiefly in passive. 1674 Owen Holy Spirit (1693) 126 It is his Person as vested with all his Offices, that is the immediate Fountain of all Grace unto us. 1699 Burnet 29 Art. iv. (1700) 67 He is vested with an unconceivable hign degree of Glory, 1719 De Foe Crusoe 11. (Globe) 574 God's most glorious and best Creature,. . vested with a reasonable Soul- 1717 — Hist. Appar. iv. (1840) 32 They may be reasonably supposed to be vested with the same powers. 1771 Goldsm. Hist. Eng. IV. 13 [He was] created a peer, and was soon after vested with the dignity of chancellor. 1797 Ht. Lee Canterb. T., Old Woman's T. (IJ99! I. 361 [Thou] art vested with the mission of thy.. king. 1803 in Gurwood Wellington's Desp. (18^7) II. 50 note, I further vest you with full powers to decide any question which may arise. 1817 Jas. Mill Brit. Indiall. iv. ix. 288 To vest the officers of the Crown in India with powers independent of the Company. 1844 H. H. Wilson Brit. India I. 227 The Indian Government was vested with the power of sovereignty within its own limits. o. To endow formally or legally with some possession or property. 1756 Anson's Voyages (eA.%) \. v. 70 This company, in consideration of a sum paid to the king, is vested with the property of all diamonds found in Brazil. 1858 in J. B. Norton Topics 246 We propose .. that every ryot should be vested with the freeholtl of his farm. 3. intr. To become vested (in a person) ; to pass into possession ; to descend or devolve upon one as possessor. (1839) '^3/2 It beis piefit (>at Williame |)e barde deit last westit and Sesit in t>e said landis. 1557 Rec. Inverness (New Spald. 01.) 1.6 For sesing takyn of all landis Wilyam Paterson his fadyr deit last vestit and sesit conforme to his serwing. IS97 Burgk Rec. Glasgo^u (liib) I. 186 All landis, rowmes, heretageis,. .quhairin he deitt last vest and seasit. 167a Petty Pol. Anal. (1691) 329 Of which the Irish that are vested by restoration, seem rather to take part with the divested. 174J Fielding Tom Jones ix. iv, The sergeant and was informed by my landlord that he himself was vested in that office, a 1774 Goldsm. Hist. Greece I. io3 Kliltiades thus vested in the supreme command [etc.]. 1905 Times 8 June 6/4 The Government proposed that the Free Church should be vested in the property to be allocated to her. Jig. 1654 H. L'Estrangk Chas. I (1655) 126 Not all his most gracious and debonair mine towards them could vest him in that Nations affections, f 1680 Beveridce Serm. (1729) I. 29 In order to their being actually vested in that salvation. 1705 Stanhope /"ara/Ar. II. 442 All, who partake of this Nature, are not onljj certain of, but may in some sense be said already vested in, the Happiness, which [etc.]. IS9> West \st Pt. Symbol. $ 44 Euerie estate either executed maintenant, or executorie by limitation of use, which vesteth in possession by vertue of the Statute of 27 H. 8. 1847 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. xli. (1739) 66 In those days the title vested not unless the Child opened his eyes, a 1715 Burnet Own Time (1766) II. 137 If the Duke came to be King, the prerogative would by that vest in him. 1765 Blackstone Comm. I. 196 For the right of the crown vests, .upon his heir. 1818 Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 500 The Court held.. that the whole estate vested in L. his executors and administrators. 1827 Jarman Powells Devises 1 1. 223 The principle . . does not apply, if there be an express declaration that the land shall vest at twenty.one. 1865 Lowell Reconstruct. Prose Wks. 1890 V. 227 In all cases of land granted to freedmen no title should vest till a fair price had been paid. 1885 Sir R. Bacgallav in Law Times' Rep. LII. 671/2 The property vests in the official receiver oua trustee. n. 4. trans. In pa. pple. : Dressed, clothed, robed in some garment. Also without const. {spec, with reference to ecclesiastical vestments). 1513 Douglas Mnetd vil. ii. 3 And heich abuf. .cleirlie schane Aurora vestit into broun sanguane. Ibid. xi. 29 In rob ryall vestit,. .And ryche purpour. 1581 N. T. (Rhem.) Rev. 1. 13 One like to the Sonne of man, vested in a priestly garment to the foote. i6n I. W. Ouiiin's Sp. Gram. 297 He ..sales that a Frier stayes for you readie vested at the Altar. c 165s Milton Sonn. xxiii. My late espoused Saint. .Came vested all in white, pure as her mind, a 1668 Davenant Fair Favorite Wks. (1673) 97 Your Brother (Madam) and he brings A Lady with him, vested like a Nun. 17x8 Ozell Ir. Tourr.efort's Voy. I. 92 The Priest being vested, sets about the Preparation of the Bread and Wine at the little Altar. i;r6i Brit. Mag. II. 362 On the dexter side, a pilgrim or friar, vested in russet. 1849 Rock Ch. of Fathers l.v.(iy)3) I. 328 The thurifers and taper-bearers, in our large collegiate and cathedral churches, were vested in tunicles. 1859 Jephson Brittany vi. 76 A priest, vested in surplice and stole. b. transf. s.nd.fig. Also const, with. 1679 Drydkn Troll, tf Cress. Pref, Ess. (Ker) I. 219 Spirits, according to Plato, are vested with a subtle body. a 1706 Evelyn Hist. Pelig. (1850) I. 81 We see other living creatures come vested, armed, able immediately to find their pasture, a 1711 Prior Dial, ietiv. Charles ff Clenard T 18 Hast thou not seen me . . vested in all the Types and Ornaments that Human Greatness is capable of receiving. 1805 D_. Johnston Serm. for Blind ^^ The brightest ornaments with which our natures can be vested. 1865 Neale Hymns Paradise 8 The Saints, in beauty vested. 5. Of a garment : To clothe or cover (a person). Mfjofig. Cf. Invest v. i b. VESTA. 1581 Stanvhurst jEneis \. (Arb.) 38 Which plad vested Helen, from Greece when to Troy she flitted. i8ia Cary Dante, Parad. XXL 59 The light that vests me. 6. To dress (a person) in a robe or garment, esp. as a formal act or ceremony. Cf. Invest v. i. In the 17th cenL chiefly with reference to Oriental usage 1648 W L. Ncwesfr. Turkie 7 My Lord was privatly informed he intended an affront by not Vesting him 1670 Clarendon Hist. Reb. xv. §47 The Speaker .. vested him with a rich purple Velvet Robe lined with Ermines. 1695 Voy. Eng. Merch. to Tadtnor in Misc. Cur. (1708) III. 130 To draw him near the City, he vested and caressed some of his Followers. 1840 H. Jolly Sunday Services 219 The words formerly pronounced at vesting the baptized with their white garments, were very solemnly exprtssive. 1868 Gladstone Juv. Muttdi viii. 292 The Charites receive her on her return from the scene of the Net to Cyprus, where they bathe, anoint, and vest her. fig. 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. ii. 71 Prepare their hearts, and in Humilitye New vest their Soules. b. Eccl. To diape or cover (an altar). 1867 Portuary Calendar p. v, Our right.. to vest the Altar in colours . . is grounded on the old law of the English church. 1874 MiCKLETHWAlTE Mod. Par. Churches 305 It IS best for the ends as well as the front of an altar to be vested. 18^5 Eiicycl. Brit. I. 641/2 Altars are 'vested' during service; that is, covered with cloths of various kinds. 7. refl. To apparel or robe (oneself), esp. in ecclesiastical vestments. Also /f^. a 1668 Lassels Voy. Italy (1698) 1. 41 Thinking it had been a priest putting on the amice and vesting himself to say Mass. vjv] De Foe Hist. Appar. iv. (1840) 30 If we grant that spirit, may vest itself so with flesh and blood. 1748 Richardson Clarissa (181 1) VIII. 63, 1 shall vest myself, as I may say, in classical armour, c 1771 in E. H. Burton Life Bp. Challoner {igoCf) I. ix. 140 Just before the Bishop vested hiinself to say Mass. 189a C. E. Norton Dante's Parad. iii. 17 There are who vest and veil themselves. 1905 R. Bagot Passport xvii. 159 Don Agostino disappeared into the sacristy to vest himself. b. absol. in tiie same sense. 188a Maskell Anc. Liturgy Ch. Eng. (ed. 3) 219 A com- mon custom . . that thepriest (whether or not he vested before the altar) should vest in the sanctuary. 1892 in A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus (Ohio) II. 657 Ihe imposing procession., moved . . up the main aisle to the sanctuary where the celebrant vested. IIL 8. trans. — Invest v. o. Now rare or Ois. 1710 De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 36 The Merchant, .vesting this Hundred Pounds in English Goods. 1771 H. Walpolk Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) IV. 139 He was then in good circumstances, and it was said came to vest his money in our stocks. 1794 Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 247 He vested in some kind of property.. all, or almost all, that he had brought out of France. 1804 Earl Lauderd. Publ. Wealth (1819) 178 He vests his capital either in seed.. or in a stock of cattle. 184s M'CuLLOCH Taxation Introd. (1852) ii Her capitalists were tempted to vest very large sums in foreign countries. 1863 [see Vested ppl. a. 3). Vest, southern SlE. var. Fast o. ; obs. Sc. f. West. II Vesta (ve-sta). Also4Ve«te. [L. K«/a,the goddess of that name (see sense 1) answering to the Gr. 'EtrTia, identical with koTta hearth, house, household.] 1. Mythol. A Roman femaledivinity, the daughter of Saturn, goddess of the hearth and household. 1387 Trevisa Higden iRolls) III. 73 He jaf a temple., wif fyre to (>e goddes Vesta and here maydenes to be worschippcd. 1300 Gower Conf. II. 157 Sche which was the Prioresse In Vestes temple the gcddesse. 1513 Douglas jUneid 11. v. 91 The..garlandis Of Vesta, goddes of the erd and fyre. 1589 Greene Roumielay Poems (1876) 102 Vesta's virgins with their holy fires Do cleanse the thoughts that fancy hath defiled. x6oo Holland Livy xxviii. xi. 676 Ihe minds of men were put in feare, for the going out of the fire in the chappell of Vesta. ^633 Milton Penserosoi-} \a thou art higher far descended, Thee brighthair'd Vesta.. To solitary Saturn bore. 1697 Dryden /Eneid 11. 395 He said, and brought me.. The venerable statues of the gods, With ancient Vesta from the sacred choir. 1718 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Vestals, The Romans were not the only People who kept the perpetual Fire of Vesta, in imitation of the celestial Fires. i8ao Shelley Witch All. xxxiv, Couchetl ..as on Vesta's sceptre a swift flame. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 285/1 Vesta was regarded as the goddess of domestic union and happiness. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 193/1 If ever the sacred fire of Vesta did go out, the negligent vestal was to be punbhed by scourging. altrib. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 193/1 Fire was solemnly sent from the prytaneum or Vesta temple of the mother colony. 2. Astr. One of the minor planets, revolving in an orbit between Mars and Jupiter. tier) Phil. Trans. XCVH. 245 Observations and Measurements of the Planet Vesta. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 285/2 Vesta performs its revolution in about 1326 mean solar days. x868 Lockyer Guillemin's Heavens (^6. 2) ^'^a'^^^ distance, and other elements of the orbit of Vesta, presented serious differences both with this theory and Bode's law. 3. Used as the distinctive name of a special make of household stove. 1843 PennyCycl. XXVIL ' 68/2 In. .the Vesta stove ',. the ashes can be raked from the grate .. without any dust rising into the room. 1843 Civil Eng. ^ Arch. Jml. VI. 422/2 The various stoves, Vesta, Chunk, &c., . . are all founded on the Arnott Stove. 4. A kind of wax match. Orig. atlrib. 1839 Cath. Sinclair Holiday House ii. 25 Laura afterwards singed a hole in her muslin frock, while lighting one of the Vesta matches to seal these numerous notes. i8s7 Act 20
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