Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bask \Bask\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Basked} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Basking}.] [ OScand. ba?ask to bathe one's self, or perh.
   bakask to bake one's self, sk being reflexive. See {Bath},
   n., {Bake}, v. t.]
   To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.

         Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave.
                                                  --Goldsmith.