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t or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. Chapman.

A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and tubs.

A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish. [Improperly spelled kittle.]

An osier basket used for catching fish. [Prov. Eng.]

straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A basket. [Obs.] Wyclif.

A basketful. [Obs.]

A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press.

A hand basket. [Obs.] Herrick.

The basket suspended from a balloon; hence, the framework forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing the machinery, passengers, etc.

Worthless; bad; good for nothing. [Obs.] The other basket had very naughty figs. Jer. xxiv. 2.

that, notwithstanding; although. These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he was basking in the smiles of the pretty Mary. W. Irving.

oor, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead. Through the gate, Wide open and unquarded, Satan passed. Milton

and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow.

A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles. [Eng.] Simmonds. Pad cloth, a saddlecloth; a housing. -- Pad saddle. See def. 3, above. -- Pad tree (Harness Making), a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. Knight.

A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass Hudibras.

A basket; a hammer; a pannier. [Obs.] Halliwell.

rb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets. March, or Water, pennywort. (Bot.) See under March.

A utensil for popping corn, usually a wire basket with a long handle.

Lace whose pattern includes one or more representations of baskets or bowls from which flowers spring.