|
Basset - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
|
Basset : (noun)
1: smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
[syn: basset hound]
(verb)
1: appear at the surface; "A seam of coal bassets" [syn: crop
out]
Based on WordNet 2.0
|
|
Basset : \Bas"set\, a. [Cf. OF. basset somewhat low, dim. of bas
low.] (Geol.)
Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. --Lyell.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
|
|
Basset : \Bas"set\, n. (Geol.)
The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the
ground; the outcrop.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
|
|
Basset : \Bas"set\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Basseted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Basseting.] (Geol.)
To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop
out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
|
|
Basset : \Bas"set\, n. [F. bassette, fr.It. bassetta. Cf.
Basso.]
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
|
|
|
|
|
