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Webster 1913 Edition

Basin

Ba′sin

,
Noun.
[OF.
bacin
, F.
bassin
, LL.
bacchinus
, fr.
bacca
a water vessel, fr. L.
bacca
berry, in allusion to the round shape; or perh. fr. Celtic. Cf.
Bac
.]
1.
A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
2.
The quantity contained in a basin.
3.
A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.
4.
A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.
Pope
5.
(Physical Geog.)
(a)
A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.
(b)
The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.
6.
(Geol.)
An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; – especially applied to the coal formations, called
coal basins
or
coal fields
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Basin

BA'SIN

,
Noun.
basn.
1.
A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
2.
In hydraulics, any reservoir of water.
3.
That which resembles a basin in containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a hollow place for liquids, or an inclosed part of water, forming a broad space within a strait or narrow entrance; a little bay.
4.
Among glass grinders, a concave piece of metal by which convex glasses are formed.
5.
Among hatters, a large shell or case, usually of iron, placed over a furnace, in which the hat is molded into due shape.
6.
In anatomy, a round cavity between the anterior ventricles of the brain.
7.
The scale of a balance, when hollow and round.
8.
In Jewish antiquities, the laver of the tabernacle.

Definition 2024

bäsin

bäsin

See also: basin, Basin, and basın

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Noun

bäsin ‎(plural bäsins)

  1. china dishes, chinaware, faience

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