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   Baste (bāst), 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.
   
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   One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters. Pepys.
   
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   2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
   
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   3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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   Baste, v. t. [OE. basten, OF. bastir, F. bâtir, 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.
   
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