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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bass \Bass\, n. [A corruption of bast.] 1. (Bot.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called {whitewood}; also its bark, which is used for making mats. See {Bast}. 2. (Pron. ?) A hassock or thick mat. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bass \Bass\, n. [F. basse, fr bas low See {Base}, a.] 1. A bass, or deep, sound or tone. 2. (Mus.) a The lowest part in a musical composition. b One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. [Written also {base}.] {Thorough bass}. See {Thorough bass}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bass \Bass\, a. Deep or grave in tone. {Bass clef} (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of the staff containing the bass part of a musical composition. [See Illust. under {Clef}.] {Bass voice}, a deep-sounding voice; a voice fitted for singing bass. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bass \Bass\, n.; pl {Bass}, and sometimes {Basses}. [A corruption of barse.] (Zo["o]l.) 1. An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera {Roccus}, {Labrax}, and related genera. There are many species. Note: The common European bass is {Labrax lupus}. American species are: the striped bass ({Roccus lineatus}); white or silver bass of the lakes. ({R. chrysops}); brass or yellow bass ({R. interruptus}). 2. The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus {Micropterus}). See {Black bass}. 3. Species of {Serranus}, the sea bass and rock bass. See {Sea bass}. 4. The southern, red, or channel bass ({Sci[ae]na ocellata}). See {Redfish}. Note: The name is also applied to many other fishes. See {Calico bass}, under {Calico}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bass \Bass\, v. t. To sound in a deep tone. [R.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as the base of a system of logarithms. 11. [See {Base} low.] A low or deep, sound. (Mus.) a The lowest part the deepest male voice. b One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written {bass}.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made supplies are furnished, etc 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] 14. (Zo["o]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}. 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] 19. pl A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] 21. An apron. [Obs.] ``Bakers in their linen bases.'' --Marston. 22. 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. 23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. --Lyman. 24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison base}, or {bars}. ``To run the country base.'' --Shak. 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. {Altern base}. See under {Altern}. {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}. {Base course}. (Arch.) a The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also {foundation course}. b The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out {Base line}. a A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. b A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Base \Base\ (b[=a]s), a. [OE. bass, F. bas, low fr LL bassus thick, fat, short, humble; cf L. Bassus, a proper name and W. bas shallow. Cf {Bass} a part in music.] 1. Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as base shrubs. [Archaic] --Shak. 2. Low in place or position. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean [Archaic] ``A pleasant and base swain.'' --Bacon. 4. Illegitimate by birth; bastard. [Archaic] Why bastard? wherefore base? --Shak. 5. Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals. 6. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as base coin; base bullion. 7. Morally low Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean illiberal; menial; as a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. ``A cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind.'' --Robynson (More's Utopia). ``Base ingratitude.'' --Milton. 8. Not classical or correct. ``Base Latin.'' --Fuller. 9. Deep or grave in sound; as the base tone of a violin. [In this sense commonly written {bass.}] 10. (Law) Not held by honorable service; as a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low and the tenant, a base tenant. {Base fee}, formerly, an estate held at the will of the lord; now a qualified fee. See note under {Fee}, n., 4. {Base metal}. See under {Metal}. Syn: Dishonorable; worthless; ignoble; low-minded; infamous; sordid; degraded. Usage: {Base}, {Vile}, {Mean}. These words as expressing moral qualities, are here arranged in the order of their strength, the strongest being placed first Base marks a high degree of moral turpitude; vile and mean denote, in different degrees, the want of what is valuable or worthy of esteem. What is base excites our abhorrence; what is vile provokes our disgust or indignation; what is mean awakens contempt. Base is opposed to high-minded; vile, to noble; mean to liberal or generous. Ingratitude is base; sycophancy is vile; undue compliances are mean From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bass adj : having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: {deep}] n 1: the lowest part of the musical range 2: the lowest part in polyphonic music [syn: {bass part}] 3: an adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: {basso}] 4: flesh of lean-fleshed saltwater fish of the family Serranidae [syn: {sea bass}] 5: any of various North American lean-fleshed freshwater fishes especially of the genus Micropterus [syn: {freshwater bass}] 6: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn: {bass voice}, {basso}] 7: the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments 8: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Bass, AR Zip code(s): 72612
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