Part 940

<blockquote><b>Basks</b> in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Bask</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.</def>

<blockquote><b>Basks</b> at the fire his hairy strength. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Basket</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Bas"ket</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.</def> "Rude <i>baskets</i> . . . woven of the flexile willow."

<i>Dyer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; <as>as, a <ex>basket</ex> of peaches</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.</def> <mark>[Improperly so used.]</mark>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<cs><col>Basket fish</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an ophiuran of the genus <spn>Astrophyton</spn>, having the arms much branched. See <er>Astrophyton</er>.</cd> -- <col>Basket hilt</col>, <cd>a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand</cd>. <i>Hudibras</i>. Hence, <col>Baskethilted</col></mcol>, <cd><tt>a.</tt></cd> -- <col>Basket work</col>, <cd>work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs.</cd> -- <col>Basket worm</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a lepidopterous insect of the genus <i>Thyridopteryx<i> and allied genera, esp. <spn>T. ephemer\'91formis</spn>. The larva makes and carries about a bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult females.</cd></cs>

<h1>Basket</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Bas"ket</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To put into a basket.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Basketful</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Bas"ket*ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Basketfuls</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>As much as a basket will contain.</def>

<h1>Basketry</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Bas"ket*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.</def>

<h1>Basking shark</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Bask"ing shark`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the largest species of sharks (<spn>Cetorhinus maximus</spn>), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.</def>

<h1>Basnet</h1> <Xpage=123>

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

<h1>Basommatophora</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Ba*som`ma*toph"o*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> base + <ets><?/</ets> eye + <ets><?/</ets> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.</def>

<h1>Bason</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Ba"son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A basin.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Special form]</mark>

<h1>Basque</h1> <Xpage=123>