Dictionary entry

Basilic (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Ba‐sil″ic (�), Ba‐sil″ic‐al (�), } a. [See Basilica.] 1. Royal; kingly; also, basilican.

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.