basset
 矮腳的一種獵犬,露出(vi.)呈現,露出


 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]