basiliscineadj.
rare.
= prec.
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basiliscanc1600
basiliskian1828
basiliscine1855
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! (1861) 79 Our fair Oriana, and the slaughter which her basiliscine eyes have caused.
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adj.1855- to give a person dap
- to give a person down the banks
- to give a person down the country
- to give a person down the road
- to give a person enough rope
- to give a person enough rope to hang himself
- to give a person etc
- to give a person etc leave
- to give a person etc own
- to give a person etc paiks
- to give a person etc to hang himself
- to give a person fits
- to give a person gammon
- to give a person gas
- to give a person gob
- to give a person good cheer
- to give a person good morning, good day, good evening, a merry christmas
- to give a person gyp
- to give a person head
- to give a person hell
- to give a person her jotters
- to give a person her leave
- to give a person her own
- to give a person her paiks
- to give a person her running shoes