English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Basilicon
(n.)
An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive
oil, lard, or other fatty substance.
Basiling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Basil
Basilisk
(n.)
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 Cockatrice.
Basilisk
(n.)
A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family
Iguanidae.
Basilisk
(n.)
A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed
resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.
Basin
(n.)
An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where
the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially
applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.
Basin
(n.)
The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping
towards a sea or lake.
Basin
(n.)
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.
Basin
(n.)
A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for
ships, a little bay.
Basin
(n.)
A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for
various other uses.
Basin
(n.)
The quantity contained in a basin.
Basin
(n.)
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.
Basined
(a.)
Inclosed in a basin.
Basinet
(n.)
Same as Bascinet.
Basing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Base
Basioccipital
(a.)
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.
Basioccipital
(n.)
The basioccipital bone.
Basion
(n.)
The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of
the skull.
Basipodite
(n.)
The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.
Basipterygium
(n.)
A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins
of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.