English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Baste
Baste
(v. t.)
To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
Baste
(v. t.)
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as
on meat in roasting.
Baste
(v. t.)
To mark with tar, as sheep.
Baste
(v. t.)
To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that
the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.