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Baste
Pronunciation : Baste
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. Icel. beysta to strike, powder; Sw. basa to beat with a rod: perh. akin to E. beat.]
Definition : 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)
Defn: 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.]
t. [imp. & p. p. Basted; p. pr. & vb. n. Basting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Baste
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. basten, OF. bastir, F. b, prob. fr. OHG. bestan to sew, MHG. besten to bind, fr. OHG. bast bast. See Bast.]
Definition : Defn: To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. Shak.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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