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To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat. Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. Goldsmith.

iers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. "Rude baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow." Dyer.

yers contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball into opposite goals resembling baskets.

As much as a basket will contain.

The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.

One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.

The stomach. [Humorous] S. Foote.

A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. Shak.

A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper.

A basket for holding materials for needlework, or the like.

To bask in the sun. Boyle.

Basking in the sun. [R.]

In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick. Halliwell.

y about for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm.

mn; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking. Numb. xxii. 30. [Cant] Balaam basket or box (Print.), the receptacle for rejected articles. Blackw. Mag.

A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diapered pattern.

A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

To bask in the sun. [Obs.] Chaucer.

. -- Bone setter. Same as Bonesetter. See in the Vocabulary. -- Bone shark (Zoöl.), the basking shark. -- Bone spavin. See under Spavin. -- Bone turquoise, fossil bone or tooth of a delicate blue color, sometimes used as an imitation of true turquoise. -- Bone whale (Zoöl.), a right whale. -- To be upon the bones…

A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; Hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba. C. Bronté.