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Webster 1913 Edition


Basyle

Bas′yle

(băs′ĭl or bās′ĭl)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
βάσισ
base +
ὕλη
wood. See
-yl
.]
(Chem.)
A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.