Definition of Basan

1. n. Same as Basil, a sheepskin.

Definition of Basan

1. a type of sheepskin [n -S]

Medical Definition of Basan

1. Marianne, 20th century German physician. See: Basan's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basan

Bartram Juneberry
Bartramia
Bartramia longicauda
Bartramian sandpiper
Barts
Bartter's syndrome
Baruch
Baruch's law
Baruch de Spinoza
Baruga
Baryshnikov
Barzunian
Baré
Bas-Rhin
Basaa
Basan
Basan's syndrome
Basedow's disease
Basedow's goiter
Basedow's pseudoparaplegia
Basel
Basel-City
Basel-Country
Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Stadt
Basel problem
Basenji
Basenjis
Bash
Basham's mixture

Literary usage of Basan

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

1. Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters by William Beckford (1824)
"THE obscure village of basan, situated on the wilds of Pomerania, gave birth to Andrew Guelph and to Og, from thence denominated, of basan. ..."

2. French Engravers and Draughtsmen of the XVIIIth Century by Emilia Francis Strong Dilke (1902)
"His title to the execution of these has been contested, but it is clear from the special characteristics of the work that if basan did not do it he had at ..."

3. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and by John Smith (1831)
"Engraved by basan, under the title of Le« Plaisir des ... 548. The Companion. A monkey, with a syringe. Engraved by basan. 549. ..."

4. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"... won from Og the king of basan. THIS tribe of Gad possessed half the country of the Ammonites, who together with the Moabites held that part of Arabia ..."

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