6. (Geol.) 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.
Basined
(Ba"sined) a. Inclosed in a basin. "Basined rivers." Young.
Basinet
(Bas"i*net) n. Same as Bascinet.
Basioccipital
(Ba`si*oc*cip"i*tal) a. [Basi- + occipital.] (Anat.) 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. —
n. The basioccipital bone.
Basion
(||Ba"si*on) n. [Gr. ba`sis a base.] (Anat.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen
of the skull.
Basipodite
(Ba*sip"o*dite) n. [Basi- + poy`s, podo`s foot.] (Anat.) The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.
Basipterygium
(||Ba*sip`te*ryg"i*um) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ba`sis a base + ptery`gion a fin.] (Anat.) A bar
of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium. —
Ba*sip`ter*yg"i*al a.
Basipterygoid
(Ba`sip*ter"y*goid) a. & n. [Basi- + pterygoid.] (Anat.) Applied to a protuberance of
the base of the sphenoid bone.
Basis
(Ba"sis) n.; pl. Bases [L. basis, Gr. ba`sis. See Base, n.]
1. The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests. Dryden.
2. The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue. [Obs.]
If no basis bear my rising name.
Pope.
3. The groundwork; the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.
The basis of public credit is good faith.
A. Hamilton.
4. The principal component part of a thing.
Basisolute
(Ba*sis"o*lute) a. [Basi- + solute, a.] (Bot.) Prolonged at the base, as certain leaves.
Basisphenoid
(Ba`si*sphe"noid Ba`si*sphe*noid"al) a. [Basi- + sphenoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining
to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually
ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.
Basisphenoid
(Ba`si*sphe"noid), n. (Anat.) The basisphenoid bone.
Bask
(Bask) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Basked (baskt); p. pr. & vb. n. Basking.] [OScand. baðask to bathe
one's self, or perh. bakask to bake one's self, sk being reflexive. See Bath, n., Bake, v. t.] To lie
in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave.
Goldsmith.
Bask
(Bask), v. t. To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.
Basks at the fire his hairy strength.
Milton.
Basket
(Bas"ket) n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English.]
