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The Meaning of basset
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(n.) A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
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(a.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.
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(n.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
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(v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
Synonyms
basset hound
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crop out
Rhymes
cassatt
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cohasset
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facet
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flasket
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masqat
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multifacet
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placet
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tacit
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tasset