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Webster 1913 Edition

Bassinet

Bas′si-net

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

bassinet

, dim. of

bassin

. See

, and cf.

.]

1.

A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

2.

See

.

Lord Lytton.