Middle English Dictionary Entry
bāsis n.
Entry Info
Forms | bāsis n. |
Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Geom. The base (of a pyramid).
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)329b/b : Also if the chief syde or basis is fyue cornered þe triangle piramis þat riseþ may presente fyue triangles vpon þat basis.