If a bachelor wishes to marry a widow he first goes through the ceremony with a dagger or an earthen vessel.
A Brahman in this condition was defiled if he touched an earthen vessel unless it was quite new and had never held water.
Let it remain all night in an earthen vessel, then stirring it well, rub some of it all over the mahogany with a linen rag; and when it has lain some time, rub it bright with linen cloths.
Cut about a pound of bread into an earthen vessel, pour upon it a quart of boiling water, and let it stand till cold.
Boil some porter in an earthen vessel over a slow fire till it be well thickened; and when cold spread it on a piece of leather to form the intended plaster.
Select a quantity of the petals of any flowers which have an agreeable fragrance, lay them in an earthen vessel, and sprinkle a little fine salt upon them.
When it is very clean, put it in an earthen vessel, and cover it close, taking great care that no air gets to it; then grind it very thoroughly.
Add two or three bits of bacon or ham, a bay-leaf, and as much water as will prevent their burning when put into an earthen vessel; cover them up close, and stew them for three hours and a half on a slow fire.
In a separate pan boil nine ounces of ginger, a little bruised, in two quarts of water; pour the whole into an earthen vessel, in which you must have two pounds of raisins shred fine, the juice and rind of ten lemons.
The stump then begins to bleed, and an earthen vessel (chatty) or a calabash is suspended under it, to receive the juice, which is by the Europeans called toddy.
When it has become as hard as a stone, it is cut into small fragments, thrown into an earthen vessel, and covered with the 250 pounds of water having the salt dissolved in it.
And having immolated one sparrow in an earthen vessel, over living waters, 14:51.
But an earthen vessel, into which any of these shall fall, shall be defiled: and therefore is to be broken.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Take these writings, this deed of the purchase that is sealed up, and this deed that is open: and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.
And he shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and he shall cast a little earth of the pavement of the tabernacle into it.
An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- used for holding milk and for various other purposes.
A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.
A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
Bottom of inside of an earthen vessel, Ueberlingen See (Keller, loc.
It is evident that the elongated terminal shelf-like projections are more suited to a wooden than to an earthen vessel.
Take a little saffron, put it into an earthen vessel with a very small quantity of cold, soft water, and let it steep till the color of the infusion is a bright yellow.
Take twenty grains of cochineal and fifteen grains of cream of tartar finely powdered; add to them a piece of alum the size of a cherry stone and boil them with a gill of soft water in an earthen vessel, slowly, for half an hour.
The currants are to be washed and squeezed in the usual way, and the juice placed in a stone or earthen vessel, and set away in a cool place in the cellar.
Because bright metal will not absorb heat from the hot air, like an earthen vessel; in consequence of which, the water is kept cooler.
Because bright tin will not suffer the heat of the boiling water to escape in rays, as an earthen vessel does.
Defn: An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- used for holding milk and for various other purposes.
But why should a heavenly treasure be enclosed in an earthen vessel?
In defense of the bible it is further urged that, it being "a heavenly treasure in an earthen vessel," allowance should be made for the unavoidable imperfections which have crept into its pages.
An earthen vessel is polluted if any one of another caste takes food or drink from it and is at once discarded.
After a body has been burnt the bones are buried on the spot in an earthen vessel, over the mouth of which a large stone is placed.
The same rule applies to a cat, and they will throw away an earthen vessel touched by either of these animals.
Take of the best Honey four pounds, clear Water and white Wine Vinegar, of each two pounds, boil them in an earthen vessel, taking the scum off with a wooden scummer, till it be come to the consistence of a Syrup.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "earthen vessel" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
