meaning of basset
1. A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
2. Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.
3. The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
4. To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
5. An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.
6. A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog.
7. smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
Related Words
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