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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
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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