Definition of Basked

1. Verb. (past of bask) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Basked

1. bask [v] - See also: bask

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basked

basis points
basis prostatae
basis pulmonis
basis pyramidis renis
basis stapedis
basiscopic
basisolute
basisphenoid
basisphenoid bone
basisphenoidal
basisphenoids
basitemporal
basivertebral
basivertebral vein
bask
basked (current term)
basket-handle arch
basket-house
basket-work
basket ash
basket case
basket cases
basket cell
basket fern
basket fish
basket flower
basket hilt
basket house
basket oak

Literary usage of Basked

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"... which, in after-days, when the sun was at the meridian, and he basked in the cool shade, with all that he wanted around him, toned down to a wit, soft, ..."

2. A Classical Tour Through Italy, An. MDCCCII. by John Chetwode Eustace (1815)
"In truth, the latter country had basked in the sunshine of science at least two Voltaire appreciates his own language with more impartiality than these ..."

3. A Year of Consolation by Fanny Kemble (1847)
"... and the deep chestnut forests that rolled far below us again, basked in the rays of the unclouded heavens; but that snow mountain struck a chill to my ..."

4. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... for seasons before, Had basked in her beautiful gaze, And burnt to dismember Milor, //•• loved De la Sauce Mayonnaise. He said to her : " Méchante ..."

5. History of Roman Literature: From It's Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1823)
"... hills and sloping fields, the olives and vineyard basked on soils famed for Mes- sapian oil, and for wines of which the very names cheer and revive us. ..."

6. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg (1863)
"ever basked in sunshine, or was swept by storm ; sae lay by the crutch, sir, and lot that face subside, for " Blackness comes across it like a squall ..."

7. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1856)
"ever basked in sunshine, or was swept by storm ; sae lay l,y (he crutch, sir, and let that face ... basked ..."

8. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1871)
"... very hot, and evidently very grateful to those who basked in it. Whenever I passed into the shade, immediately from too warm I became too cold. ..."

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