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n. 1. a resident of Alaska. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An antimask. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask. [ Written also antimasque. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. concerned with or designed for use after skiing; occurring after a day of skiing; as, apres-ski wear; an apres-ski party. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the time after skiing. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Asked p. pr. & vb. n. Asking. ] [ OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. āscian, ācsian; akin to OS. ēscōn, OHG. eiscōn, Sw. āska, Dan. æske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith. jëskóti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire. √5. ] 1. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God. Judg. xviii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John xv. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask? [ 1913 Webster ]

Ask me never so much dowry. Gen. xxxiv. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Luke xii. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]

An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. John ix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

He asked the way to Chester. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat; beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim; exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See Beg. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ask, and it shall be given you. Matt. vii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name? Gen. xxxii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d Asker. ] (Zool.) A water newt. [ Scot. & North of Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To turn aside. [ Poet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O, how are they wrapped in with infamies
That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint. ] Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]

They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. toward the side, rather than directly ahead; -- used of a glance.
Syn. -- askance, sidelong. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of AS. a&unr_;exe lizard, newt. ] (Zool.) An ask; a water newt. [ Local Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + skew. ] Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The publishing of banns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. asteriscus, Gr. &unr_;, dim. of 'asth`r star. See Aster. ] The figure of a star, thus, &unr_;, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + task. ] To take to task; to blame. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. basiliscus, Gr. basili`skos little king, kind of serpent, dim. of basiley`s king; -- so named from some prominences on the head resembling a crown. ] 1. A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Make me not sighted like the basilisk. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This genus is remarkable for a membranous bag rising above the occiput, which can be filled with air at pleasure; also for an elevated crest along the back, that can be raised or depressed at will. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Basked p. pr. & vb. n. Basking. ] [ OScand. baðask to bathe one's self, or perh. bakask to bake one's self, sk being reflexive. See Bath, n., Bake, v. t. ] To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Basks at the fire his hairy strength. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English. ] 1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. “Rude baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow.” Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [ Improperly so used. ] Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. [ Eng. ] Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A container shaped like a basket{ 1 }, even if made of solid material rather than woven; -- the top is often, but not always, open and without a lid. [ PJC ]

6. a vessel suspended below a balloon, designed to carry people or measuring instruments for scientific research. The earliest balloons designed to carry people often had small vessels of woven flexible vegetable materials to hold the passengers, which resembled large baskets{ 1 }, from which the name was derived. [ PJC ]

7. (Basketball) A goal{ 3 } consisting of a short cylindrical net suspended from a circular rim, which itself is attached at about ten feet above floor level to a backboard, placed at the end of a basketball court. In professional basketball, two such baskets are used, one at each end of the court, and each team may score only by passing the ball though its own basket. In informal games, only one such basket is often used. [ PJC ]

8. (Basketball) An instance of scoring points by throwing the basketball through the basket; as, he threw four baskets in the first quarter; -- the ball must pass through the basket from above in order to score points. [ PJC ]

Basket fish (Zool.), an ophiuran of the genus Astrophyton, having the arms much branched. See Astrophyton. --
Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. Hudibras. Hence,
Basket-hilted, a. --
Basket work, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs. --
Basket worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and allied genera, esp. Thyridopteryx ephemeræformis. The larva makes and carries about a bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult females. --
collection basket, a small basket{ 1 } mounted on the end of a pole, used in churches to collect donations from those attending a church service; -- the long pole allows the collector to hold the basket in front of those at the end of the pew, while the collector remains in the aisle.
waste basket, a basket{ 4 } used to hold waste matter, such as discarded paper, commonly shaped like a truncated cone, with the wide end open and at the top. Vessels of other shapes, such as oblong containers, are also called waste baskets. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. To put into a basket. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A ball game, usually played indoors in an area called the basketball court, in which two opposing teams of five players each contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball (the basketball) into opposite goals (baskets) resembling baskets, each typically a cylindrical mesh suspended from a circular rim which is held ten feet above the court. A goal scored by passing the basketball through the basket may count from one to three points, depending on the situation in which it was thrown.
Syn. -- basketball game. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. The inflatable ball used in the game of basketball. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Basketfuls As much as a basket will contain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A raccoonlike omnivorous mammal (Bassariscus astutus) of Mexico and southwestern U. S. having a long bushy tail with black and white rings.
Syn. -- cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The skin of a bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mask; to conceal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bisque. ] Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bisque. ] (Tennis) See Bisque. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. [ Named after the town Biskara, in Algeria. ] (Med.) Same as Aleppo boil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A blustering, talkative fellow. [ Local slang, U. S. ] Barllett. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A law enacted to provide for the regulation and supervision of investment companies in order to protect the public against companies that do not intend to do a fair and honest business and that offer investments that do not promise a fair return; -- so called because the promises made by some investment companies are as boundless or alluring as the blue sky, or, perhaps, because designed to clear away the clouds and fogs from the simple investor's horizon. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Bosket. ] A thicket; a small wood. “Through bosk and dell.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Boscage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thridding the somber boskage of the wood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Bushy. ] 1. Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Caused by boscage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Darkened over by long bosky shadows. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. bosquet a little wood, dim. fr. LL. boscus. See Boscage, and cf. Bouquet. ] (Gardening) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed. [ 1913 Webster ]

. See under Whisky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The stomach. [ Humorous ] S. Foote. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. W. brysg, fr. brys haste, Gael. briosg quick, lively, Ir. broisg a start, leap, jerk. ] 1. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cheerily, boys; be brick awhile. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brisk toil alternating with ready ease. Wordworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of spirit of life; effervesc&unr_;ng, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Active; lively; agile; alert; nimble; quick; sprightly; vivacious; gay; spirited; animated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Bricked p. pr. & vb. n. Bricking. ] To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. to become brisk.
Syn. -- brisk, brisk up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. bruskette, OF. bruschet, F. bréchet, brichet; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. brysced the breast of a slain animal, brisket, Corn. vrys breast, Armor. brusk, bruched, the front of the chest, Gael. brisgein the cartilaginous part of a bone. ] That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest. [ See Illust. of Beef. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a brisk manner; nimbly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence. [ 1913 Webster ]