Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prison.
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Examples
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The flat tray basket, called _tsa-naskú̆dĭ_, is much used in their domestic life.
The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910
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The most pretentious basket is the _tus-naskú̆dĭ_, in general form like the _tus_, but much larger; it is used for the storage of grain.
The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910
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The _tsa-naskú̆dĭ_ is a bowl or tray-shaped basket of splendid form, with symbolic decoration of intricate pattern.
The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910
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A law of the cult brought about by the recent messiah religion is that every woman must have in readiness for use during the migration to the future world a _tus_, a _tú̆tza_, a _tsa-naskú̆dĭ_, and a gourd drinking-cup, all decorated with the cross and crescent.
The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910
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The most pretentious basket is the immense _tus-naskú̆di_, urn-shaped, like the _tus_ — whence its name — and used principally for the storage of grain.
The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910
chained_bear commented on the word nask
Also naskin. "A prison or bridewell. The new nask; Clerkenwell bridewell. Tothil-fields nask; the bridewell at Tothil-fields. Cant."
September 5, 2008