What is the point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. Dryden called?
base — The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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