bason

American  

[bey-suhn] / ˈbeɪ sən /

noun

Anglican Church.

1. a basin.

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Example Sentences

The bason which forms this beautiful harbor is surrounded by lofty mountains, which are so dry, that they are even destitute of water.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 by Abreu, Antonio Alvarez de

"They brought to him a gude sheep's head, A bason, and a towel; Gar take thae whim-whams far frae me, I winna want my gruel."

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

Close by is a fountain playing into a fine bason of Egyptian granite, brought hither by Pius VII. from the Forum, where it had long been used for watering cattle.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

She then lay in the bason in Deptford-yard, where she continued to lie till she was completely fitted for sea.

From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew

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 Hare, Augustus J. C.