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(1):

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

(2):

(a.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.

(3):

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

(4):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Basset'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/basset.html. 1828.
 
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