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vase|vɑːz|
Also 6 vasse, 7 vause, vaze.
[a. F. vase (= It., Sp., Pg. vaso), ad. L. vās vessel: see vas and vasa1.
The earlier pronunciations |veɪs| and |veɪz| are still current in America; the former of these is indicated by the rimes in the following passages. Another variant |vɔːz| has still some currency in England.
1731Swift Strephon & Chloe 191 [rime face]. 1822Byron Juan vi. xcvii. [rimes place, grace]. 1847Emerson Poems Wks. (Bohn) I. 425 Cut a bough from my parent stem, And dip it in thy porcelain vase [rime grace]. 1857Whittier Skipper Ireson's Ride 26 Girls..such as chase Bacchus round some antique vase. c1860Lowell Ambrose x, The water unchanged, in every case, Shall put on the figure of the vase. ]
1. Arch.
†a. = bell n.1 6 a. Obs.
1563Shute Archit. D iiij, The Abacus, the which lieth on the vasse or basket, that was founde on the maydens tombe in Corinthe. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. II. 33/2 The bell or vase, the breadth of which at the bottom must be..that of the top of the Shaft.., and the breadth of the top of the vase must be equal to..the bottom of the shaft. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Bell, In this sense, bell is the same with what is otherwise called vase and tambour.
b. An ornament having the form of a vase (see sense 2).
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Vase,..in Architecture, an Ornament above the Cornice. 1731Bailey (vol. II), Vases..are ornaments placed on cornices, socles, or pedestals, representing such vessels as the antients used in sacrifices, as incense-pots, &c., often inriched with Basso Relievo's.
2. a. A vessel, usually of an ornamental character, commonly of a circular section and made either of earthenware or metal, but varying greatly in actual form and use.
1629in A. Michaelis Anc. Marb. Gt. Brit. (1882) 205, I desire you woulde presently..knowe what Sir Tho. Roe hath brought of antiquities, Goddes, vases, inscriptions, medalles, or such like. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals ii. ii. 288 The Chamberlain..puts the names of all the Cardinals..into a Vaze. 1703Pope Thebais 207 No chargers then were wrought in burnish'd gold, Nor silver vases took the forming mold. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxi. (1787) III. 240 Many a vase, in the division of the spoil, was shivered into fragments by the stroke of a battle-axe. 1832W. Irving Alhambra I. 92 A tribute of fresh-culled flowers, which are afterwards arranged in vases. 1854Poultry Chron. II. 192 Seven Silver Vases, of the value of Six Guineas each, will also be awarded, instead of money prizes. 1898G. B. Shaw You never can tell Plays II. 274 The vases on pillar pedestals of veined marble with bases of black polished wood.
fig.1850Tennyson In Mem. iv, Break, thou deep vase of chilling tears, That grief hath shaken into frost!
b. (See quot.) rare—0.
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v., Goldsmiths, Pewterers, &c. also use Vase for the middle of a Church Candlestick; which is usually of a roundish Figure, bordering somewhat on that of a Vase. [Hence in Bailey.]
c. A calyx or other growth resembling a vase.
1728Chambers Cycl., Vase is also sometimes used among Florists, for what they otherwise call the Calyx. [Hence in Bailey, etc.] a1811Leyden On Spring Remains (1819) 258 The tulip's vase with dew-pearl sheen And icy crystal gleams afar. 1885C. F. Holder Marvels Anim. Life 15 Graceful stalked vases of the Campanularia appear.
3. attrib. and Comb. (in sense 2), as vase-carriage, vase-handle, vase-like adj., vase-maker, vase-painter, vase-painting, vase-shaped adj., vase-work; vase carpet, an oriental (esp. Persian) carpet with a pattern incorporating a stylized vase of flowers.
1770J. Wedgwood Let. 19 May (1965) 92 Where, amongst our potters, could I get a complete Vase-maker? 1832Lindley Introd. Bot. 380 Vase-shaped,..formed like a flower-pot. 1840Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 96/2 The two winged boys who dip into a vase-like fountain. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 149/2 The numerous names of vase painters. Ibid., The most antient style of vase painting. 1865Lubbock Preh. Times 48 Two curious vase-carriages, one found in Sweden and the other in Mecklenburg. 1870G. J. Chester in Recov. Jerus. (1871) 473 Six vase-handles, found..on a bed of rich earth. 1893Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 5/3 The best vase-work in the period 570 to 470 b.c. 1915Guide to Collection of Carpets (Victoria & Albert Mus.) i. 27 Another type of pattern, in which animal and bird life are entirely absent, has given rise in Germany to the name ‘vase-carpets’. 1983Eastern Carpet (Hayward Gallery Catal.) 31/2 Another group of Persian carpets with beautiful floral designs are the so-called vase carpets, believed to have been made in the Kerman area.
Hence ˈvaseful, ˈvaselet.
1856R. F. Burton Pilgr. El-Medinah III. 202 A present to the Sakkas, or carriers,..who distributed a large earthen vaseful in my name to poor pilgrims. 1889M. M. Macmillan Lett. (1893) 250, I will present the vaselet to the British Museum. 1894Westm. Gaz. 14 June 3/3 A vaseful of Iceland poppies. |