basset

Definitions

1. 1.A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice. Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. Rowe.
2. 2.Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. Lyell.
3. 3.The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
4. 4.To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice. Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. Rowe called?
• What is inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. Lyell called?
• What is the edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop called?
• What is to inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets called?