basset
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English
Etymology
From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.
Pronunciation
Noun
basset (countable and uncountable, plural bassets)
- (geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
- A basset hound.
- (uncountable, card games) A card game resembling faro.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert:
- Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget / Your piquet parties, and your dear basset.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, pages 173–174:
- We are to go and see Pope's new grotto, opened for the first time; then try Hampton Court, and see if Mrs. Howard will stake a little princely gold on a pool of basset.
Verb
basset (third-person singular simple present bassets, present participle basseting, simple past and past participle basseted)
- (geology, intransitive) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.
- A vein of coal bassets.
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French
Etymology
From bas (“low”) + -et (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
basset m (plural bassets)
Adjective
basset (feminine bassette, masculine plural bassets, feminine plural bassettes)
Further reading
- “basset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
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basset