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Result for Basset

Basset (n.)

A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.

Basset (a.)

Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.

Basset (n.)

The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.

Basset (v. i.)

To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.