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obacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves, coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it is packed in South America. McElrath.

A small basket of rushes, or wilow twigs, etc.

The basket, box, or cage suspended from a ballon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.

A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.

Business card, a card on which is printed an advertisement or business address. -- Card basket (a) A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers.

A maker or seller of candles. The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay.

A basket. [Obs.] Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20).

usions, to make a trial or an experiment. Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep. Shak.

A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf.

An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.

A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. [Obs.]

A basket.

The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck. Cat's cradle. See under Cat. -- Cradle hole, a sunken place in a road, caused by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot. -- Cradle scythe, a broad scythe used in a cradle for c…

A creel or osier basket.

ing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people. Their storehouses crammed with grain. Shak. He will cram his brass down our throats. Swift.

A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.

An osier basket, such as anglers use. Sir W. Scott.

An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions. Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus. Milton. As a cresset true that darts its length Of beamy luster from a tower of strength. W…

int; to amuse one's self. Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. Pope. Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. Byron.

A pannier, or basket. To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers. Beau. & Fl.