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Webster 1828 Edition


Basting

BASTING

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ppr.
Beating with a stick; moistening with dripping; sewing together with long stitches.

BASTING

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Noun.
A beating with a stick; a moistening with dripping; a sewing together slightly with long stitches.

Definition 2024


basting

basting

English

Noun

basting (plural bastings)

  1. (archaic, slang) A (physical) beating.

Verb

basting

  1. present participle of baste

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French bastir (to construct).

Noun

basting m (plural bastings)

  1. A joist used to carry other planks of wood.