water-vessel

And whether you look up or down, there is always a picture in the dark frame against the bright background -- a woman in a scarlet kerchief with a water-vessel of antique form, or a ragged brown boy leading a ragged brown donkey, or

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various

And the fish which had a body glistening like the rays of the moon when taken out of the water was put back in an earthen water-vessel.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

The sacrificial ladle and the water-vessel are their chief wealth.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

"My word!" he said, wrinkling his forehead, "I believe I shall have to lift the water-vessel yet, though it is hardly fit to lift, it is so wet and nasty."

Sowing Seeds in Danny 1908

He then undid a water-vessel from his saddle-cord and washed the cup clean, and was about to give the King a drink.

The Talking Beasts Various 1896

By this time Punch had reached the little loft-like chamber, where Pen was lying beside the water-vessel.

!Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War George Manville Fenn 1870

The best shape for a small macintosh water-vessel has yet to be determined.

The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866

-- If a water-vessel becomes leaky, the hole should be caulked by stuffing a rag, a wedge of wood, a tuft of grass, or anything else into it, as shown in the upper figure and also in the left side of the lower one (p. 230), and then greasing or waxing it over.

The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866

Besides water-vessels sufficient for carrying what I have mentioned, there ought to be others for the purpose of leaving water buried in the ground, as a store for the return of a reconnoitring expedition; also each man should be furnished with a small water-vessel of some kind or other for his own use, and should be made to take care of it.

The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866

The driver besides halted often on the way at some dwelling-house to take a couple of scoopfuls of water out of the water-vessel standing before it and throw them into the horses 'mouths and between their hind-legs.

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866