Part 938

<hw>Ba*sil"i*ca</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of <i>Basil</i> I., in the ninth century.</def>

<i>P. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Basilican</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sil"i*can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, relating to, or resembling, a basilica; basilical.</def>

<blockquote>There can be no doubt that the first churches in Constantinople were in the <b>basilican</b> form. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Basilicok</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sil"i*cok</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>basilicoc</ets>.]</ety> <def>The basilisk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer</i>

<h1>Basilicon</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sil"i*con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>basilicon</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, neut. of <ets><?/</ets>: cf. F. <ets>basilicon</ets>. See <er>Basilica</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance.</def>

<h1>Basilisk</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bas"i*lisk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>basiliscus</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets> little king, kind of serpent, dim. of <ets><?/</ets> king; -- so named from some prominences on the head resembling a crown.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See <er>Cockatrice</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Make me not sighted like the <b>basilisk</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A lizard of the genus <i>Basiliscus</i>, belonging to the family <i>Iguanid\'91</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; This genus is remarkable for a membranous bag rising above the occiput, which can be filled with air at pleasure; also for an elevated crest along the back, that can be raised or depressed at will.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Basin</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba"sin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>bacin</ets>, F. <ets>bassin</ets>, LL. <ets>bacchinus</ets>, fr. <ets>bacca</ets> a water vessel, fr. L. <ets>bacca</ets> berry, in allusion to the round shape; or perh. fr. Celtic. Cf. <er>Bac</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quantity contained in a basin.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Physical Geog.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called <stype>coal basins</stype> or <stype>coal fields</stype>.</def>

<h1>Basined</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba"sined</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inclosed in a basin.</def> "<i>Basined</i> rivers."

<i>Young.</i>

<h1>Basinet</h1> <Xpage=122>