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Definition of Basilisks
1. basilisk [n] - See also: basilisk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basilisks
Literary usage of Basilisks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"An abhorrence of their singular form probably gave rise to this notion, as happened
also in the rase toad. Their sweetest prospects murdering basilisks, ..."
2. British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes (1880)
"... or Mine Fairies—The Knockers— Miners' Superstitions—basilisks and Fire Fiends—a
Fairy Coalmine—The Dwarfs of Cac Caled—Counterparts of the ..."
3. The Class Reptilia by Edward Pidgeon, Edward Griffith, Georges Cuvier (1831)
"... and basilisks.* Tiie Great Crested Anolis. (An. Velifer, Cuv.) A foot long ;
a crest on one half of the tail supported by a dozen or fifteen rays. ..."
4. Sir Thomas Browne by Edmund Gosse (1905)
"Does not the Lady Anne say to Gloster, when he praises her eyes, " Would they
were basilisks to strike thee dead " ? Browne found no difficulty in believing ..."
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