Baste v. t. [imp. & p. p. Basted; p. pr. & vb. n. Basting.]
1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys.
2. Cookery To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]