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Basset

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French.
Noun
  1. 1
    The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears wordnet
  3. 3
    A basset hound. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A card game resembling faro. uncountable

    "Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget / Your piquet parties, and your dear basset."

Verb
  1. 1
    To incline upward so as to appear at the surface. intransitive

    "A vein of coal bassets."

  2. 2
    appear at the surface wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.

Etymology 2

From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French Basset or a variant of Bassett.

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