Hypertext Webster Gateway: "baste"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Baste \Baste\ (b[=a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Basted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Basting}.] [Cf. Icel. beysta to strike, powder; Sw.
basa to beat with a rod: perh. akin to E. beat.]
1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some
people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys.
2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or
fat on, as on meat in roasting.
3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Baste \Baste\, v. t. [OE. basten, OF. bastir, F. b?tir, prob.
fr. OHG. bestan to sew, MHG. besten to bind, fr. OHG. bast
bast. See {Bast}.]
To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the
work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
baste
n : loose temporary stitches [syn: {basting}, {tacking}]
v 1: cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
tried to attack her" [syn: {clobber}, {batter}]
3: sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
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