Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BAS'IL-IC
BAS'IL-IC, or BA-SIL'IC-ALBA-SIL'I-CON
BAS'IL-IC, n. [See Basil.]
The middle vein of the arm, or the interior branch of the axillary vein, so called by way of eminence. – Encyc. Quincy.
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