Obs. [Chiefly in the plural forms vasa’s, vasas, f. L. vāsa pl. (see prec. 2); hence irregularly vasa as sing.] A vase.
1651. Evelyn, Char. Eng. (1659), 36. One of their Spurs engaged in a Carpet…, drew all to the ground, break the Glass & the Vasas in pieces.
1698. M. Lister, Journ. Paris, 188. Here also were great Vasa’s of Trellinge upon Pedestals.
1699. Evelyn, Acetaria, Pref. b 1/b. Busts, Obelisks, Columns, Inscriptions, Dials, Vasa’s, Perspectives. Ibid. (a. 1700), Diary, 14 Nov., 1643. A vasa of onyx. Ibid., 29 Nov., 1644. An antiq vasa of marble neare 6 foote high.
