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basan, bazan|ˈbæzən|
Also 8 bazin.
[a. F. basane, (Cotgr. bazane, Palsgr. basanne), prob. ad. Pr. *bazana, a. Sp. badana (med.L. bedana), ad. Arab. biṭānah, lining, ‘inside’; see also the Eng. corruption basil n.3, bazil.]
Sheep-skin tanned in oak- or larch-bark; distinguished from roan, which is tanned in sumach.
1714Fr. Bk. of Rates 153 Cloth made of Hemp, Fustians, or Bazins. 1851Turner Dom. Archit. II. iii. 126 The prepared sheepskin called bazan. 1865J. Hannett Bibliopegia (ed. 6) 104 The cover is of black basin, the back full gilt. |