BASSET
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Bas"set (băs"sĕt or băs*sĕt"), n. [F. bassette, fr. It. bassetta. Cf. Basso.] A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
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Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget
Your piquet parties, and your dear basset.
Rowe.
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Bas"set (băs"sĕt), a. [Cf. OF. basset somewhat low, dim. of bas low.] (Geol.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. Lyell.
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Bas"set, n. (Geol.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
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Bas"set, v. 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.
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