English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bass
(n.)
A hassock or thick mat.
Bass
(a.)
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.
Bass-relief
(n.)
Some as Bas-relief.
Bassa
(n.)
Alt. of Bassaw
Bassaw
(n.)
See Bashaw.
Basses
(pl. )
of Bass
Basset
(v. i.)
To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to
crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
Basset
(n.)
The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the
ground; the outcrop.
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 horn
(a.)
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.
Basseted
(imp. & p. p.)
of Basset
Basseting
(n.)
The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence
of a stratum at the surface.
Basseting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Basset
Bassetto
(n.)
A tenor or small bass viol.
Bassinet
(n.)
A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in
which young children are placed as in a cradle.