Basket

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To put into a basket.

II. Basket ·noun The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.

III. Basket ·noun The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.

IV. Basket ·noun The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.

V. Basket ·noun A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.

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