Bas"ket*ful (&?;), n.; pl. Basketfuls (&?;). As much as a basket will contain.
Bas"ket*ry (&?;), n. The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.
Bask"ing shark` (&?;). (Zoöl.) One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.
Bas"net (&?;), n. Same as Bascinet.
||Ba*som`ma*toph"o*ra (b*sm`m*tf"*r), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ba`sis base + 'o`mma eye + fe`rein to bear.] (Zoöl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.