English English Dictionary

The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground.

The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

To grind or form the edge of to an angle.

The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum).

Alt. of Basilary

Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.

Relating to, or situated at, the base.

of Basil

of Basilica

Alt. of Basilical

Basilica.

A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.

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.

A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.

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.

Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.

Royal; kingly; also, basilican.

Of, relating to, or resembling, a basilica; basilical.

of Basilica

The basilisk.