Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Vás-o, s. m. dim. Vás-éllo, Vás-étto, Vás-íno, Vás-ótto,
1. a vessel, a pot.. — di terra, an earthen vessel. — di fiori, a flower-pot; 2. (fig.) intellectual capacity; 3. the sex. — d'elezione, the vessel of election, St. Paul. Di — in —, from father to father; 4. a military chest; 5. (anat. t.)vessel, vein, artery.
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