Basset

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A game of cards resembling faro, invented in Venice, and popular throughout Europe during the eighteenth century and the latter part of the seventeenth.
  • noun. Same as basset-hound.
  • noun. In geology and mining, an outcrop.
  • In geology and mining, outcropping.
  • In geology and mining, to appear at the surface; crop out: said of the edges of strata.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
  • noun. A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
  • adjective. Inclined upward.
  • intransitive verb. To incline upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a card game
  • verb. To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
  • verb. appear at the surface
  • Word Usage
    "In fact, I found out yesterday evening that my basset is smarter than allot of my buddies."
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    appear  hound  hound dog  
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    Bassett  tacit  
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