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(), n.[Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English.] 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.) 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 (Zol.), 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, Basket-hilted, a. Basket work, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs. Basket worm (Zol.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and allied genera, esp. T. ephemerformis. The larva makes and carries about a bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it afterwards hangs Bas"ket v. t.To put into a basket. [R.] スポンサード リンク
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