(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:03:51

Bas"yle (?), n. [Gr. base + wood. See -yl.] Chem.

A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.

 

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