basil

See also: Basil and BASIL

English
Ocimum basilicum

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English basile, from Middle French basile, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”). Doublet of basilic; further related to basileus, basilean, and basileiolatry.

Noun

basil (usually uncountable, plural basils)

  1. A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
    Synonyms: sweet basil, St. Joseph's wort, common basil, American dittany, great basil
  2. The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
    Synonym: sweet basil
  3. Any other species in the genus Ocimum.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Indonesian: basil
Translations

Further reading

Etymology 2

Variant of bezel.

Noun

basil (plural basils)

  1. The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.
    • 1678 April 11 – May 11 (Gregorian calendar)​, Joseph Moxon, “Numb[er] IV. The Art of Joynery.”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, […], volume I, London: […] Joseph Moxon, published 1678, →OCLC, § 10 (Of Grinding and Whetting the Iron, and Other Edge-tools), pages 71–72:
      [H]old the edge of your Iron upvvards in your left hand and your VVhet-ſtone in your right, and having firſt ſpit upon your Stone to vvet it, apply it to the Baſil of your Iron, in ſuch a Poſition that it may bear upon the vvhole bredth of the Baſil; and ſo vvorking the Stone over the Baſil, you vvill quickly vvear the courſer grating of the Grind ſtone off the edge on that ſide: […]

Verb

basil (third-person singular simple present basils, present participle basilling, simple past and past participle basilled)

  1. (transitive) To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Corrupted from English basan, from French basane, from Late Latin basanium, from Arabic بِطانَة‎ (biṭāna, “lining”).

Noun

basil (plural basils)

  1. The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “basil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbasɪl]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧sil

Etymology 1

From Dutch bacil, from French bacille, from German Bazillus or translingual Bacillus, coined by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.

Noun

basil

  1. bacillus

Etymology 2

From English basil, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).

Noun

basil

  1. basil (Ocimum basilicum)
    Synonym: selasih
Derived terms
  • daun selasih

Further reading
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