basset
    n 1: smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
         [syn: basset, basset hound]
    v 1: appear at the surface; "A seam of coal bassets" [syn:
         basset, crop out]

Basset \Bas"set\ (b[a^]s"s[e^]t or b[a^]s*s[e^]t"), n. [F.
   bassette, fr. It. bassetta. Cf. Basso.]
   A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have
   been invented at Venice.
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         Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget
         Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. --Rowe.
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Basset \Bas"set\ (b[a^]s"s[e^]t), a. [Cf. OF. basset somewhat
   low, dim. of bas low.] (Geol.)
   Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. --Lyell.
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Basset \Bas"set\, n. (Geol.)
   The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the
   ground; the outcrop.
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Basset \Bas"set\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Basseted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Basseting.] (Geol.)
   To incline upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop
   out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
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