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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Baste \Baste\ (b[=a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Basted}; p. pr & vb n. {Basting}.] [Cf. Icel. beysta to strike, powder; Sw basa to beat with a rod: perh. akin to E. beat.] 1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel. One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys. 2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on as on meat in roasting. 3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Baste \Baste\, v. t. [OE. basten, OF bastir F. b?tir, prob. fr OHG. bestan to sew, MHG. besten to bind, fr OHG. bast bast. See {Bast}.] To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: baste n : loose temporary stitches [syn: {basting}, {tacking}] v 1: cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast" 2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" [syn: {clobber}, {batter}] 3: sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
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