Definition of Basset
Bas´set
Pronunciation:
băs´sĕt
or
băs`sĕt´
n.
1.
A
game
at
cards
,
resembling
the
modern
faro
,
said
to
have
been
invented
at
Venice
.
Some
dress
,
some
dance
,
some
play
,
not
to
forget
Your
piquet
parties
,
and
your
dear
basset
.
- Rowe.
a.
1.
(Geol.)
Inclined
upward
;
as
,
the
basset
edge
of
strata
.
n.
1.
(Geol.)
The
edge
of
a
geological
stratum
at
the
surface
of
the
ground
;
the
outcrop
.
v. i.
1.
(Geol.)
To
incline
upward
so
as
to
appear
at
the
surface
;
to
crop
out
;
as
,
a
vein
of
coal
bassets
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Basseted
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Basseting
.]
Related Words
appear
,
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out
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