Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BAS-TARN'IC
BAS-TARN'IC, a.
Pertaining to the Bastarnæ, ancient inhabitants of the Carpathian mountains. – D'Anville. Bastarnic Alps, the Carpathian mountains, between Poland, Hungary and Transylvania; so called from the ancient inhabitants, the Bastarnæ. – D'Anville.
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