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1. almond willow in almond, n. and adj. View full entry a1763
...either of two willow trees with leaves which resemble those of the almond, the shrubby Eurasian willow Salix triandra, used in basketry (more fully almond-leaved willow), and ...
2. Anasazi, n. and adj. View full entry 1936
...Archaeol. A member of the Basket Maker people, or of their successors the early Pueblo people, of the uplands of northern Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and Colorado, together considered as...
3. baby basket in baby, n. and adj. View full entry 1843
...a basket containing baby clothes and other articles for a baby's use;a small basket used for carrying a baby, esp. = Moses basketMoses....
4. barly-lepe in barley, n. View full entry c1440
...a leap or basket for holding barley....
5. † ˈbascaud, n. View full entry 1647
...Used to english Latin bascauda, instead of adopting the doubtful translation basket...
6. bascaudal, adj. View full entry 1870
...Of or pertaining to a basket or basket-work....
7. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
12. ˈbasketing, n. View full entry 1623
...Basket-work....
13. basketry, n. View full entry 1893
...The art or craft of basket-making....
14. bearing-leap in bearing, n. View full entry
...a carrying-basket; see bearleap...
15. † ˈbearleap | ˈbearlep(e, n. View full entry 1325-40
...A carrying basket....
16. bicycle basket in bicycle, n. View full entry 1896
...a large wicker crate for transporting a bicycle (obs.);a basket or container mounted on the handlebars, or on a carrier above the back wheel of a bicycle, used for...
17. black ash, n.1 View full entry 1673
...A North American ash, Fraxinus nigra (formerly called F. sambucifolia), found in wetlands in the north-eastern United States and eastern Canada; (also) the timber of this tree, which...
18. border, n. View full entry 1907
...The upper edge of a basket....
19. brake, n.3 View full entry 1824
...An instrument resembling a pair of scissors set wide open, for peeling the bark from willows for basket-making....
