Bas·set n. A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget
Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. --Rowe.
Bas·set a. Geol. Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.
Bas·set, n. Geol. The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
Bas·set, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Basseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Basseting.] Geol. To incline upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
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basset
n : smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
[syn: basset hound]
v : appear at the surface; "A seam of coal bassets" [syn: crop
out]