Bas"ket , v. t. To put into a basket. [R.]
Bas"ket (&?;), n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English.]
1. A vessel made
of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes,
splints, or other flexible material,
interwoven. "Rude baskets . . . woven of the
flexile willow." Dyer.
2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
3. (Arch.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
[Improperly so used.]
Gwilt.
4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. [Eng.] Goldsmith.
Basket fish (Zoöl.), an ophiuran of the genus Astrophyton, having
the arms much branched. See Astrophyton. -- Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. Hudibras. Hence, Basket-hilted, a. --
Basket work, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs. --
Basket worm
(Zoöl.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus
Thyridopteryx and allied genera, esp. T. ephemeræformis. The larva makes and carries about a bag or basket-like case of silk
and twigs, which it afterwards hangs up to shelter
the pupa and wingless adult females.
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