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Webster 1913 Edition


Vat

Vat

(văt)
,
Noun.
[A dialectic form for
fat
, OE.
fat
, AS.
fæt
; akin to D.
vat
, OS.
fat
, G.
fass
, OHG.
faz
, Icel. & Sw.
fat
, Dan.
fad
, Lith.
půdas
a pot, and probably to G.
fassen
to seize, to contain, OHG.
fazzōn
, D.
vatten
. Cf.
Fat
a vat.]
1.
A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding liquors in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.
Let him produce his
vats
and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards.
Addison.
2.
A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
☞ The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat, 241.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil, 225.45 imperial gallons.
3.
(Metal.)
(a)
A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
(b)
A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
4.
(R. C. Ch.)
A vessel for holding holy water.

Vat

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vatted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Vatting
.]
To put or transfer into a vat.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vat

VAT

,
Noun.
1.
A large vessel or cistern for holding liquors in an immature state; as vats for wine.
Let him produce his vats and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards.
2.
A square box or cistern in which hides are laid for steeping in tan.
3.
An oil measure in Holland; also, a wine measure.
4.
A square hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.

Definition 2024


vat

vat

See also: VAT, vát, vât, våt, and vật

English

Noun

vat (plural vats)

  1. A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
  2. A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
  3. (Roman Catholic) A vessel for holding holy water.
  4. (dated) A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States. (The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat, 241.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil, 225.45 imperial gallons.)

Translations

Verb

vat (third-person singular simple present vats, present participle vatting, simple past and past participle vatted)

  1. (transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.
    • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.114:
      He was thinking of the grape arbor in Kingston, of summer twilight and the murmur of voices darkening into silence as he approached, who meant them, her, no harm; who meant her less than harm, good God; darkening into the pale whisper of her white dress, of the delicate and urgent mammalian whisper of that curious small flesh which he had not begot and in which appeared to be vatted delicately some seething sympathy with the blossoming grape.

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vat, from Old Dutch *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Noun

vat n (plural vaten, diminutive vatje n or vaatje n)

  1. barrel, tank
  2. (biology) vessel
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vat. Related to vatten.

Noun

vat m (uncountable)

  1. grip, both literal and figurative
    geen vat krijgen op ... — not being able to get a grip on ...
Derived terms

Verb

vat

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of vatten
  2. imperative of vatten

Lojban

Rafsi

vat

  1. rafsi of vamtu.

Volapük

Etymology

From German Wasser, English water, and Dutch water.

Noun

vat (plural vats)

  1. water

Declension