vessel
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A ketch is a wessel wot has one big mast set well aft about midships an' a little one way aft of the fust one.
From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
A little more to the east is "the Rooshian wessel Nicholas I.," in which Peggotty has a special interest so strong that he forgets to mention what her cargo was.
From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir
Course, some clever sharks as I knows on might say as you was wrong, and that the water outside 'ud drive them plugs back into the belly o' the wessel.
From Gold Out of Celebes by Dingle, Aylward Edward
Our wessel cup is made of the rosemary tree, So is your beer of the best barley.
From Notes and Queries, Number 09, December 29, 1849 by Various
She have a big tray and each of us have a wessel and a spoon.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration
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The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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