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basiling

basiling is the present participle and gerund of basil.

Meaning of basil

Verb

basil (third-person singular simple present basils, present participle (US) basiling or (UK) basilling, simple past and past participle (US) basiled or (UK) basilled)

  1. (transitive) To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
    • These usually large chisels may have the edge basiled on either the inside or the outside of the 90° angle of the blade.1972, Alex W[inkler] Bealer, “Chiseling”, in Old Ways of Working Wood, Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishing Company, Inc., published March 1976 (2nd printing), →ISBN, page 148
    Synonyms:
    bevel, sharpen

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Questions about basiling

What is basiling the present participle and gerund of?
Basiling is the present participle and gerund of basil.

Words near basiling in the dictionary

  1. Basilides
  2. Basilidian
  3. Basilidianism
  4. Basilidians
  5. Basilika
  6. basiling
  7. basilinna
  8. Basilisa
  9. basilisc
  10. basiliscs
  11. basilisk

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