Definition of bassets Bassets
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What does bassets mean?
Wiktionary 
- bassets (Noun)
Plural of basset.
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NounPlural: bassets |
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| basset - smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears | ||
| basset hound | ||
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| basset - appear at the surface; "A seam of coal bassets" | ||
| crop out | ||
| appear come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- basset (n.)
A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice. - basset (a.)
Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. - basset (n.)
The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop. - basset (v. i.)
To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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basset
bas′et, n. a short-legged dog used in unearthing foxes and badgers: an old Venetian game at cards, resembling faro, widely popular in the 18th century: (geol.) the outcrop or emergence of mineral strata at the surface.—v.i. to incline upward so as to appear at the surface, to crop up.—n. Bas′set-horn (It. corno di bassetto), the richest and softest of all wind-instruments, similar to a clarionet in tone and fingering, but with a twice-bent wooden tube, having a compass of two and a half octaves. [Fr. bas, low.]
