Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BASANITE

n.[Gr. the trier. Plin. Lib. 36. Ca. 22. See Basalt. ] Lydian stone, or black jasper; a variety of siliceous or flinty slate. Its color is a grayish or bluish black, interspersed with veins of quartz. It is employed to test the purity of gold.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BASAN

BASAN Bas "an, n.

 

Defn: Same as Basil, a sheepskin.

 

BASANITE

Bas "a *nite, n. Etym: [L. basanites lapis, Gr. the touchstone: cf. F.basanite. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

basanite

basanite |ˈbasənʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a dark grey or black basaltic rock consisting of plagioclase, augite, olivine, and a feldspathoid. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin basanites (see basalt ) + -ite 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

basanite

basanite |ˈbasənʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a dark grey or black basaltic rock consisting of plagioclase, augite, olivine, and a feldspathoid. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin basanites (see basalt ) + -ite 1 .

 

Duden Dictionary

Basane

Ba sa ne Substantiv, feminin , die |Bas a ne |die Basane; Genitiv: der Basane, Plural: die Basanen arabisch-spanisch-provenzalisch-französisch für Bucheinbände verwendetes Schafleder

 

French Dictionary

basané

basané , ée adj. adjectif Hâlé. : Un teint basané. SYNONYME bronzé .

 

basaner

basaner v. tr. verbe transitif Brunir la peau. aimer