Careful Words

vessel (n.)

  Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

New Testament: Romans ix. 21.

Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows;

While proudly riding o'er the azure realm

In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes,

Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm;

Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway,

That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771): The Bard. II. 2, Line 9.

  Giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel.

New Testament: 1 Peter iii. 7.