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Definition of Basils
1. basil [n] - See also: basil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basils
Literary usage of Basils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"basils arc sheep skins tanned in various ways. English basils are tanned with
oak bark, although, as in all other leathers, ..."
2. Reports on the Colonial Sections of the Exhibition by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1887)
"With regard to basils (tanned sheep), the Canadians were only fairly tanned ...
In all these points the best Australian and New Zealand tanned basils are ..."
3. Little Joanna: A Novel by Elizabeth Whitfield Bellamy (1876)
"I might have learned the whole family history of the basils by this time, ...
She knew very little of the family history of the basils, except that they ..."
4. Handbook of Birmingham (1886)
"These Colonial basils supply a demand which the home production has, of late years,
... The Colonial basils are excellent in colour and texture. ..."
5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"basils are obtainable in buff, red and purple, but some other colors have to be
made to order, stocks being impossible to accumulate. ..."
6. The Chronicles of Newgate by Arthur Griffiths (1884)
"He drew up the basils on his calf, and removing his stockings used them to tie
up the chains to his legs. He first attempted to climb up the chimney, ..."
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