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Inclosed in a basin.
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A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer.
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A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.
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A lip or edge, as of a basin.
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A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc.
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A little basin; a porringer; a skillet.
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divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.
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The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.
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A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.
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A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
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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.
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A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
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A basin or other vessel for washing in.
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A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.
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A vessel for washing; a large basin.
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The quantity contained in a basin.
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A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
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A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup.
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A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.
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