vat

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Extending over the vat are a number of reels or bobbins, these are best made of wood or enamelled iron.

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  1. noun A large vessel, such as a tub, cistern, or barrel, used to hold or store liquids.
  2. transitive verb To put into or treat in a vat.

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  1. Middle English, variant of fat, from Old English fæt.

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  1. from Middle English vat, vet, a variant of fat, fet, from Anglo-Saxon fæt, a vat, vessel, cask: see fat.
  2. from vat, n.
 

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