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Pronunciation : Bas"ket
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English.]
Definition : 1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. "Rude baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow." Dyer.
2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [Improperly so used.] Gwilt.
4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. [Eng.] Goldsmith. Basket fish (Zo?l.), an ophiuran of the genus Astrophyton, having the arms much branched. See Astrophyton. -- Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. Hudibras. Hence, Baskethilted, a. -- Basket work, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs. -- Basket worm (Zo?l.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and allied genera, esp. T. ephemer?formis. 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bas"ket
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To put into a basket. [R.]
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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