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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Baste

Bāste, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Cf. Icel. beysta, to strike, powder, Sw. basa, to beat with a rod.] 1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel. One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back. Pepys. 2. To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. The fat of roasted mutton falling on the birds will serve to baste them. Swift.

Bāste, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BASTED; p. pr. & vb. n. BASTING.] [O. Fr. bastir, now bâtir, Sp. bastear, It. imbastire, Sp. embastar, from O. H. Ger. bestan, to sew, M. H. Ger. besten, to bind, buost, rope, from O. H. Ger. bast. See BAST.

  1. To sew slightly, or with long stitches. Shak.
  2. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]