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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Basket, n. Also: baskete, basquette, bascat. [ME. basket (a 1300), baskette, e.m.E. basquette, of uncertain origin.] A basket.1513 Doug. i. xi. 16 (breyd in baskettis); viii. iii. 198. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matt. xv. 37 (vij basketis full); 2 Cor. xi. 33 (in a bascat). 1570 Leslie 208 (ane approche to be maid with basquettis). 1572–3 Misc. Bann. C. II. 69 (a bulwarke with turfe and basketes). 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 293 (tvelf bascats ful of the remanents).
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