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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BASK, adj. [bɑsk]

1. Of weather: dry, withering.Sc. 1914 R. B. Cunninghame Graham Sc. Stories 55:
We'll gie ye a braw hurl back to the farm, syne the bask air, ye ken, and the milk.Kcb. 1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister (1895) i.:
It was a bask blowy day in the end of March . . . a snell, Scotch, but not unfriendly day.w.Dmf. 1899 J. Shaw A Country Schoolmaster 339:
“Bask weather” means the weather's dry and airy.

2. Of fruit: sharp, bitter, rough to the taste.‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 49:
Bask, dry and rough to the taste.