Definition of "bason" [ba•son]

• A basin. (noun)

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• "Water sometimes collects in the bason, which is remarkably cold, and is kept in ebullition by the vapour issuing through it."
• "The Warm spring issues with a very bold stream, sufficient to work a grist-mill, and to keep the waters of its bason, which is 30 feet in diameter, at the vital warmth, viz. 96° of Farenheit's thermometer."
• "The Warm spring issues with a very bold stream, sufficient to work a grist-mill, and to keep the waters of its bason, which is 30 feet in diameter, at the vital warmth, viz. 96x of Farenheit's thermometer."