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basset
1[ bas-it ]
noun
- one of a breed of hounds having short legs, long body and ears, and usually a black, tan, and white coat.
basset
2[ bas-it ]
noun
- an outcrop, as of the edges of strata.
verb (used without object)
- to crop out.
basset
3[ bas-it ]
noun
- an 18th-century card game similar to faro.
basset
1/ ˈbæsɪt /
basset
2/ ˈbæsɪt /
noun
- a long low smooth-haired breed of hound with short strong legs and long ears Also calledbasset hound
Word History and Origins
Origin of basset1
Word History and Origins
Origin of basset1
Origin of basset2
Example Sentences
The pictures of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi being cheered off the plane in Tripoli tonight are particularly galling.
People think that greyhounds cannot hunt by scent, but this man has a tiny black and a large brindle that work like basset-hounds.
As soon as it was light they sent Jim for Dr. Basset, and he gave her a strong dose of morphine.
She appeared to know all that had been done for her, and was very thankful; but Dr. Basset had forbidden her to speak much.
A shady croupier, Morin by name, obliged to leave Paris, came over to London and introduced basset.
As soon as he got home he excommunicated the whole of the inmates of the priory, and along with them Bishop Basset.
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