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† ˈbassinat(e Sc. Obs.
[? f. bassinet, basinet, helmet.]
A kind of fish; ? a porpoise.
1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 179 Fische..the tane half of thame above the watter, na thing different fra the figour of man: callit, by the pepil, Bassinatis. Thir fische hes blak skinnis hingand on thair bodyis, with quhilk, sum time, thay covir thair heid. 1570Holinshed Scot. Chron. (1806) I. 272 Fishes..called Bassinates. |