baskingt (basking)

[E. dial., verbal n. of bask3.] A sound thrashing. [Prov. Eng.] basking-shark (bås'king-shärk), n. A popular name of the Cetorhinus maximus (or Selache max ima ), one of the largest of the sharks. It is an inhabitant of the northern seas, and has been known to reach the length of 40 feet. It frequently comes to the surface and basks in the sunshine. Its food consists chiefly of small animals, which are strained from the water by a pe Basking or Bone-shark (Cetorhinus maximus). culiar development of the gill-structures. The liver is very large and yields a great quantity of oil, as much as twelve barrels having been obtained from a single individual. Other popular names are bone - shark (by which it is gen. erally known along the American coast), homer or hoe mother, sailfish, and sunfish. See Cetorhinida.