bason
Americannoun
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He descended the steps, and drank as if to wash away the intoxication of his soul, and then seated himself upon the edge of the bason.
From Four Phases of Love by Paul Heyse
The Duke had held the ewer of water, Paget and Rochester the bason and napkin.
From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Instead of this suspended bason, I sometimes content myself with tying a flaccid bladder to the end of the tube, in both these processes, that it may receive the newly generated air.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley
When I was going to bed, too, the servant came up with a little bason of arrowroot, steaming hot, and some biscuits, which 'Missis thought would do my cold good.'
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
She had fetched a bason, and began carefully washing out the wound, which he suffered passively, like a child.
From L'Arrabiata and Other Tales by Paul Heyse
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