- basset⇄basset (1), noun, ?orbasset hound
a dog with short legs and a long body. It is built somewhat like a dachshund, but larger and heavier, and has large ears that hang down. Bassets are used in hunting or kept as pets. - basset⇄basset (2), noun, verb.
- basset⇄basset (3), noun.
a card game somewhat resembling faro, invented in Venice, popular throughout Europe during the 1700's. - basset⇄noun the edge of a stratum of rock or ore showing at the surface of the ground; outcrop.
- basset⇄v.i. to crop out at the surface of strata.