basils
plural of basil
• Salibs
Source: Wiktionary
Bas"il, n. Etym: [Cf. F. basile and E. Bezel.]
Definition: The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground. Grier.
Bas"il, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Basiled (p. pr. & vb. n. Basiling.]
Definition: To grind or form the edge of to an angle. Moxon.
Bas"il, n. Etym: [F. basilic, fr. L. badilicus royal, Gr. , fr. king.] (Bot.)
Definition: The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum). Basil thyme, a name given to the fragrant herbs Calamintha Acinos and C. Nepeta.
– Wild basil, a plant (Calamintha clinopodium) of the Mint family.
Bas"il, n. Etym: [Corrupt. from E. basan, F. basane, LL. basanium, bazana, fr. Ar. bithana, prop., lining.]
Definition: The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
