Ale Silver :: Ale silver () A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.

Asilus :: Asilus (n.) A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly..

Basil :: Basil (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground..

Basil :: Basil (v. t.) To grind or form the edge of to an angle.

Basil :: Basil (n.) 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 :: Basil (n.) The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

Basilar :: Basilar (n.) Alt. of Basilar.

Basilary :: Basilary (n.) Relating to, or situated at, the base..

Basilary :: Basilary (n.) Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.

Basiled :: Basiled (imp. & p. p.) of Basi.

Basilic :: Basilic (n.) Basilica.

Basilic :: Basilic (a.) Alt. of Basilica.

Basilic/ :: Basilic/ (pl. ) of Basilic.

Basilica :: Basilica (n.) Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose..

Basilica :: Basilica (n.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached..

Basilica :: Basilica (n.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction..

Basilica :: Basilica (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century..

Basilical :: Basilical (a.) Royal; kingly; also, basilican..

Basilical :: Basilical (a.) Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm..

Basilican :: Basilican (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling, a basilica; basilical..

Basilicas :: Basilicas (pl. ) of Basilic.

Basilicok :: Basilicok (n.) The basilisk.

Basilicon :: Basilicon (n.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance..

Basiling :: Basiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basi.

Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) 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..

Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidae..

Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size..

Bisilicate :: Bisilicate (n.) A salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals.

Bon Silene :: Bon Silene () A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.

Borosilicate :: Borosilicate (n.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc..

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