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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BASYLE
Bas
"
yle,
n.
Etym:
[
Gr.
base
+
wood.
See
-yl.] (
Chem.
)
Defn: A
positive
or
nonacid
constituent
of
compound,
either
elementary,
or,
if
compound,
performing
the
functions
of
an
element.