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basset1 definition

bas·set (bas′it)

noun

a kind of hound with a long body, short, crooked forelegs, and long, drooping ears, used in hunting
also basset hound

Etymology: OFr, short-legged dog, orig., short, dim. of basse, fem. of bas, base

basset2 definition

bas·set (bas′it)

noun

Geol., Mining outcrop

Etymology: < ? Fr basset, dim. of basse: see basset

intransitive verb

to appear at or emerge above the surface

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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