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2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: basting n 1: loose temporary stitches [syn: {baste}, {tacking}] 2: moistening a roast as it is cooking
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