Basset

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1. Noun

A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.

2. Adjective

Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.

3. Noun

The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.

4. Verb

To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.

5. Noun

smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
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