Basket
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A very short dictionary-style entry on 'basket' from the first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It defines a basket as a machine made of interwoven twigs for holding fruit, earth and similar goods, and notes that the word also denotes an uncertain quantity, giving examples such as a basket of medlars (two bushels) and of asafoetida (20 to 50 pounds).
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1771
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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