English English Dictionary

A hassock or thick mat.

A bass, or deep, sound or tone.

The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a.

A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.

A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello.

Some as Bas-relief.

Alt. of Bassaw

See Bashaw.

of Bass

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

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

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

Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.

An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.

A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog.

of Basset

The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

of Basset

A tenor or small bass viol.

A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.