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- Basset - n. - A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
- Basset - a. - Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.
- Basset - n. - The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
- Basset - v. i. - To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
- Basset horn - a. - An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.
- Basset hound - - A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog.
- Basseted - imp. & p. p. - of Basset
- Basseting - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Basset
- Basseting - n. - The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.
- Bassetto - n. - A tenor or small bass viol.
- Corno di bassetto - - A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe.
- Basset - a. - Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.