Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈbæz.əl/
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/ˈbeɪ.zəl/
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Noun
A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
Usage- Uncountable
- usually
- Synonyms
The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
Usage- Uncountable
- usually
- Synonyms
Any other species in the genus Ocimum.
Usage- Uncountable
- usually
Noun
The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.
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[H]old the edge of your Iron upvvards in your left hand and your VVhet-ſtone in your right, and having firſt ſpit upon your Stone to vvet it, apply it to the Baſil of your Iron, in ſuch a Poſition that it may bear upon the vvhole bredth of the Baſil; and ſo vvorking the Stone over the Baſil, you vvill quickly vvear the courſer grating of the Grind ſtone off the edge on that ſide: […]
Verb
To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
Usage- Transitive
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These usually large chisels may have the edge basiled on either the inside or the outside of the 90° angle of the blade.
Noun
The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
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Each sleeper has for covering a large basil (dressed sheep-skin), such as cobblers use for aprons. As they lie in long rows, in the most profound repose, with these dark brown wrappers about them, they present the uniform look and arrangement of a long line of mummies.
Noun
A type of cannon.
Usage- Obsolete
A fetter fastened round the ankle of a prisoner.
Usage- Archaic
- Historical
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When I once more feel that sharp smarting around the scabby sores that cluster like so many oysters on my ankles beneath my chained iron basils, I know that the tide has turned.
Noun
any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
- Broader terms
leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried
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