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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1887

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BAZELL LEATHER, Basil, n. Tanned sheepskin.Sc. 1887 Jam.⁶:
Bazell leather. Tanned sheep-skin; still called basil.

[See Basil in N.E.D. and E.D.D. Prob. a corruption of basan, Fr. basane.]

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