Basin

Basin is another term for sink or bowl.

Basin may also refer to:

  • Wash basin, a sink or bowl to contain water for cleaning hands and other minor washing.
    • Basin stand, an obsolete piece of furniture to hold a wash basin
  • Basin stand, an obsolete piece of furniture to hold a wash basin
  • Toilet basin, an alternate name for a toilet bowl.
  • Emesis basin, a kidney-shaped bowl used in convalescent settings
  • Basin, a 5th-century king who was father to Basina of Thuringia
  • Basin (chanson de geste), a poem about Charlemagne's childhood
  • Basin (maritime), the area of a drydock which can be flooded and drained
  • Basin of attraction (mathematics), an area of a nonlinear system with an attractor
  • Canal basin, a docking section of canal wide enough to allow for uninterrupted canal traffic
  • Pudding basin, a bowl in which raw pudding dough or batter is placed for cooking
  • Geology and landforms

    Basin may also refer to some types of geological depressions:

  • Debris basin, designed to prevent damage from debris flow
  • Drainage basin (hydrology), a topographic region in which all water drains to a common area
  • Dock (maritime)

    A dock (from Dutch dok) is either the area of water between or next to a human-made structure or group of structures involved in the handling of boats or ships, usually on or close to a shore, or the structures themselves. The exact meaning varies among different variants of the English language. "Dock" may also refer to a dockyard or shipyard where the loading, unloading, building, or repairing of ships occurs.

    History

    The earliest known docks were those discovered in Wadi al-Jarf, an ancient Egyptian harbor dating from 2500 BCE located on the Red Sea coast. Archaeologists also discovered anchors and storage jars near the site. A dock from Lothal in India dates from 2400 BCE and was located away from the main current to avoid deposition of silt. Modern oceanographers have observed that the Harappans must have possessed great knowledge relating to tides in order to build such a dock on the ever-shifting course of the Sabarmati, as well as exemplary hydrography and maritime engineering. This was the earliest known dock found in the world, equipped to berth and service ships. It is speculated that Lothal engineers studied tidal movements, and their effects on brick-built structures, since the walls are of kiln-burnt bricks. This knowledge also enabled them to select Lothal's location in the first place, as the Gulf of Khambhat has the highest tidal amplitude and ships can be sluiced through flow tides in the river estuary. The engineers built a trapezoidal structure, with north-south arms of average 21.8 metres (71.5 ft), and east-west arms of 37 metres (121 ft).

    Basin (chanson de geste)

    Basin is a chanson de geste about Charlemagne's childhood. While the Old French epic poem has been lost, the story has come down to us via a 13th-century Norse prose version in the Karlamagnús saga.

    Plot

    At the death of his father, an angel warns the young Charlemagne to take to the Ardennes and join up with the notorious thief Basin. During their adventures, Charlemagne learns of a plot to kill him and, in the end, the traitors are discovered, Charlemagne is crowned and Basin the thief is rewarded.

    Historical sources

    The traitors in the story (Rainfroi and Helpri) are most likely based on Chilperic and Ragenfrid who were defeated by Charles Martel in 717 CE. It is unknown if the author was acquainted with an 11th-century version of these events called Passio Agilolfi.

    Influence

    The names of the traitors in Basin were passed on to two other chansons de geste about Charlemagne's youth: Mainet and Berthe aus grans piés.

    References

  • U. T. Holmes, Jr. A History of Old French Literature from the Origins to 1300. New York: F.S. Crofts, 1938. p.85.
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Untitled

    by: Poison

    (here it comes)
    Well funky monkey’s in the jungle tonight
    They got two by two don’t hear me right
    Band playing loudly baby
    Gone are the days when the days gone
    I said gone
    When the monkeys are gone
    Gone or dead this is what they said
    chorus
    Lost Mary
    Cries, cries, cries
    Yeah she does, yeah baby, that is what she did
    Lions sleeps, baby
    the lamb surely dies (??)
    I just don't want to f*ck you
    That’s it
    When the jungle sleeps
    Is when the monkey shine
    I said you do baby ? don’t mind
    Back ? are wild
    If the deuces left in than the deuces are wild
    I said baby, well,
    chorus
    Lost Mary
    Cries, cries, cries
    Yeah ?
    Lions sleeps, baby
    Dies, dies, dies
    I just don't want to f*ck you
    ooooh, kick it!
    solo
    Give me some of that
    Well dime store cowboy shoot your gun
    Knock them mother f*ckers down one by one
    Money on up it’s in your face
    Gimme no lip or get your face back here
    Ooh, got it right
    When the monkey don’t sleep
    And the money don’t shine




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