Lask vs Bask - What's the difference?
lask | bask |
Diarrhoea (now only of animals).
*, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.263:
*:A grave and learned minister, and an ordinary preacher at Alkmaar in Holland, was (one day as he walked in the fields for his recreation) suddenly taken with a lask or looseness, and thereupon compelled to retire to the next ditch […].
* 1653 , Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician , Folio Society 2007, p. 150:
To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
* Goldsmith
(figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (This verb is usually followed by "in").
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, passage=As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.}}
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=April 10
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle
, work=BBC Sport
As a noun lask
is carbonated soft drink; soda, pop, fizzy drink.As a verb bask is
to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.lask
English
Noun
(en noun)- The emulsion or decoction of the seed stays lasks and continual fluxes, eases the colic, and allays the troublesome humours in the bowels […].
bask
English
Verb
(en verb)- to bask in the sun
- basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave.
- I basked in her love.
- to bask in someone's favour
citation
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