VAT.

VAT. Isa 33:2. See Wine-Fat.

VAT. Isa 33:2. See Wine-Fat. VEIL is, in our translation, the rendering of several Hebrew words which properly mean shawls or mantles. Gen 24:65; Gen 38:14; Ruth 3:15; Song 5:7; Isa 3:23. These shawls or mantles may occasionally have been drawn over the face, but they were not designed for that purpose. Veils proper were used by the Hebrew women only on special occasions - as ornaments. Song 4:1, Num 1:3; Song 6:7; as a bridal-symbol, Gen 24:65; Jer 29:25; and for the purpose of concealment. Gen 38:14. Generally the Hebrew women appeared in public without veils. Gen 12:14; 2 Chr 24:16; Gen 29:10; 1 Sam 1:12, and so did the Egyptian and Assyrian women, as seen by the Egyptian and Assyrian sculptures and paintings. The custom now almost universal among Oriental women to be veiled whenever they appear in public dates from the Koran, 33:55, 59, which forbids the Mohammedan women to show themselves unveiled outside of the circle of their nearest relatives.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like. Let him produce his vase 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.

3. A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.

4. A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.

5. A vessel for holding holy water.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To put or transfer into a vat.