VASES
Noun
vases
plural of vase
Anagrams
• Vasse, saves
Source: Wiktionary
VASE
Vase, n. Etym: [F. vase; cf. Sp. & It. vaso; fr. L. vas, vasum. Cf.
Vascular, Vessel.]
1. A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for
sacrificial used; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern
used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase.
See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.
No chargers then were wrought in burnished gold, Nor silver vases
took the forming mold. Pope.
2. (Arch.)
(a) A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above,
or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like,
used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of
Niche.
(b) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite
capital; -- called also tambour, and drum.
Note: Until the time of Walker (1791), vase was made to rhyme with
base,, case, etc., and it is still commonly so pronounced in the
United States. Walker made it to rhyme with phrase, maze, etc. Of
modern English practice, Mr. A. J. Ellis (1874) says: "Vase has four
pronunciations in English: vasz, which I most commonly say, is going
out of use väz I hear most frequently, vaz very rarely, and vas I
only know from Cull's marking. On the analogy of case, however, it
should be the regular sound."
3. (Bot.)
Definition: The calyx of a plant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition