Part 936

<hw>Bash"i-ba*zouk"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Turkish, light-headed, a foolish fellow.]</ety> <def>A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.</def>

<h1>Bashless</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bash"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Shameless; unblushing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Bashyle</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bas"hyle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Basyle</er>.</def>

<h1>Basi-</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba"si-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate <i>the base</i> or <i>position at or near a base</i>; <i>forming a base</i>; <i>as</i>, <i>basi</i>branchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; <i>basi</i>cranial, situated at the base of the cranium; <i>basi</i>facial, <i>basi</i>temporal, etc.</def>

<h1>Basic</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba"sic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.</def>

<cs><col>Basic salt</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a salt formed from a base or hydroxide by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative or acid element or radical.</cd></cs>

<h1>Basicerite</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sic"er*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Basi-</ets> + Gr. <ets><?/</ets> horn, antenna.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The second joint of the antenn\'91 of crustaceans.</def>

<h1>Basicity</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sic"i*ty</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The quality or state of being a base.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.</def>

<h1>Basidiospore</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sid"i*o*spore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Basidium</ets> + <ets>spore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A spore borne by a basidium.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ba*sid`i*o*spor"ous</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Basidium</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sid"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., dim. of Gr. <ets><?/</ets> base.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called <i>Basidiomycetes</i>, of which the common mushroom is an example.</def>

<h1>Basifier</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba"si*fi`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>That which converts into a salifiable base.</def>

<h1>Basifugal</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sif"u*gal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Base</ets>,<tt>n.</tt>+ L. <ets>fugere</ets> to flee.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Tending or proceeding away from the base; <as>as, a <ex>basifugal</ex> growth</as>.</def>

<h1>Basify</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba"si*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Base</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To convert into a salifiable base.</def>

<h1>Basigynium</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba`si*gyn"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> base + <ets><?/</ets> woman.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.</def>