Part 937

<h1>Basihyal</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba`si*hy"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Basi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ (the letter "upsilon"); from the shape.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch.</def>

<h1>Basihyoid</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba`si*hy"oid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Basi-</ets> + <ets>hyoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The central tongue bone.</def>

<h1>Basil</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bas"il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>basile</ets> and E. <er>Bezel</er>.]</ety> <def>The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground.</def>

<i>Grier.</i>

<h1>Basil</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bas"il</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Basiled</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Basiling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To grind or form the edge of to an angle.</def>

<i>Moxon.</i>

<h1>Basil</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bas"il</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>basilic</ets>, fr. L. <ets>badilicus</ets> royal, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, fr. <ets><?/</ets> king.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (<spn>Ocymum basilicum</spn>), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (<spn>O. minimum</spn>), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (<spn>Pycnanthemum</spn>).</def>

<cs><col>Basil thyme</col>, <cd>a name given to the fragrant herbs <i>Calamintha Acinos<i> and <i>C<i>. <i>Nepeta<i>.</cd> -- <col>Wild basil</col>, <cd>a plant (<spn>Calamintha clinopodium</spn>) of the Mint family.</cd></cs>

<h1>Basil</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bas"il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupt. from E. <ets>basan</ets>, F. <ets>basane</ets>, LL. <ets>basanium</ets>, <ets>bazana</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>bith\'bena</ets>, prop., lining.]</ety> <def>The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.</def>

<h1>Basilar, Basilary</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw><hw>Bas"i*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bas"i*la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>basilaire</ets>, fr. L. <ets>basis</ets>. See <er>Base</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating to, or situated at, the base.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Basilar</i> instincts."

<i>H. W. Beecher.</i>

<h1>Basilic</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sil"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>basilique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Basilica.</def>

<h1>Basilic, Basilical</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw><hw>Ba*sil"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ba*sil"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Basilica</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Royal; kingly; also, basilican.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.</def>

<h1>Basilica</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sil"i*ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Basilicas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>; sometimes <plw>Basilic<?/e</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>basilica</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets> ( sc. <ets><?/</ets>, or <ets><?/</ets>) fr. <ets><?/</ets> royal, fr. <ets><?/ king</ets>.]</ety> <def> Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.</def>

<h1>Basilica</h1> <Xpage=122>