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Webster 1913 Edition

Basset

Bas′set

(băs′sĕt or băs-sĕt′)
,
Noun.
[F.
bassette
, fr. It.
bassetta
. Cf.
Basso
.]
A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget
Your piquet parties, and your dear
basset
.
Rowe.

Bas′set

(băs′sĕt)
,
Adj.
[Cf. OF.
basset
somewhat low, dim. of
bas
low.]
(Geol.)
Inclined upward;
as, the
basset
edge of strata
.
Lyell.

Bas′set

,
Noun.
(Geol.)
The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.

Bas′set

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Basseted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Basseting
.]
(Geol.)
To incline upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out;
as, a vein of coal
bassets
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Basset

BAS'SET

,
Noun.
A game at cards, said to have been invented at Venice, by a nobleman, who was banished for the invention. The game being introduced into France by the Venetian embassador, Justiniani, in 1674, it was prohibited by severe edicts.

BAS'SET

,
Verb.
I.
[See Basil.] Among coal diggers, to incline upwards. Thus a vein of coal bassets, when it takes a direction towards the surface of the earth. This is called cropping, and is opposed to dipping.

Definition 2024

basset

basset

See also: bâsset

English

Noun

basset ‎(countable and uncountable, plural bassets)

  1. (geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
  2. (uncountable, card games) A card game resembling faro.
    • Rowe
      Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget / Your piquet parties, and your dear basset.

See also

Verb

basset ‎(third-person singular simple present bassets, present participle basseting, simple past and past participle basseted)

  1. (geology, intransitive) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.
    A vein of coal bassets.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

basset m ‎(plural bassets)

  1. basset hound

Northern Sami

Verb

basset

  1. inflection of bassit:
    1. third-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person singular past indicative
    3. second-person plural imperative

Etymology

From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæsɪt/

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