BASK, BASKING
NOUNS
1725 ► BEEK a basking or warming in the heat; a bask → Sc.
VERBS
1230 ► BEEK to bask in the sun or warmth of a fire → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1691 ► APRICATE to bask in the sun; to expose to sunlight
1898 ► BAUM to bask in the sun or by the fire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BELK to bask in the sun → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► BEKE to bask, to warm → Sc. (Bk.)
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