Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Basking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bask \Bask\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Basked} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Basking}.] [ OScand. ba?ask to bathe one's self, or perh.
bakask to bake one's self, sk being reflexive. See {Bath},
n., {Bake}, v. t.]
To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave.
--Goldsmith.
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