Part 939

<hw>Bas"i*net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Bascinet</er>.</def>

<h1>Basioccipital</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba`si*oc*cip"i*tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Basi-</ets> + <ets>occipital</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> The basioccipital bone.</def></def2>

<h1>Basion</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba"si*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> a base.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.</def>

<h1>Basipodite</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sip"o*dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Basi-</ets> + <ets><?/</ets>, <ets><?/</ets>, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.</def>

<h1>Basipterygium</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*sip`te*ryg"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> a base + <ets><?/</ets> a fin.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ba*sip`ter*yg"i*al</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Basipterygoid</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba`sip*ter"y*goid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Basi-</ets> + <ets>pierygoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.</def>

<h1>Basis</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bases</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>basis</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>. See <er>Base</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>If no <b>basis</b> bear my rising name. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>basis</b> of public credit is good faith. <i>A. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The principal component part of a thing.</def>

<h1>Basisolute</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Ba*sis"o*lute</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Basi-</ets> + <ets>solute</ets>, a.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Prolonged at the base, as certain leaves.</def>

<h1>Basisphenoid, Basisphenoidal</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw><hw>Ba`si*sphe"noid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ba`si*sphe*noid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Basi-</ets> + <ets>spheroid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.</def>

<h1>Basisphenoid</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Ba`si*sphe"noid</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The basisphenoid bone.</def>

<h1>Bask</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Bask</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Basked</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Basking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[ OScand. <ets>ba<?/ask</ets> to bathe one's self, or perh. <ets>bakask</ets> to bake one's self, <ets>sk</ets> being reflexive. See <er>Bath</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Bake</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.</def>