basset

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: bas=set

CIDE DICTIONARY

basset, n. [F. bassette, fr. It. bassetta. Cf. Basso.].

 A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.  [1913 Webster]
"Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget
Your piquet parties, and your dear basset."  [1913 Webster]

basset, a. [Cf. OF. basset somewhat low, dim. of bas low.].

 Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.  Lyell.  [1913 Webster]

basset, n. 

 The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.  [1913 Webster]

basset, v. i. 

 To incline upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

basset, n. (in full basset-hound)
1 a sturdy hunting-dog of a breed with a long body, short legs, and big ears.
2 this breed.

Etymology

F, dimin. of bas basse low: see BASE(2)

ROGET THESAURUS

basset

Visibility

VB be become visible, appear, open to the view, meet the eye, catch the eye, basset, present itself, show manifest itself, produce itself, discover itself, reveal itself, expose itself, betray itself, stand forth, stand out, materialize, show, arise, peep out, peer out, crop out, start up, spring up, show up, turn up, crop up, glimmer, loom, glare, burst forth, burst upon the view, burst upon the sight, heave in sight, come in sight, come into view, come out, come forth, come forward, see the light of day, break through the clouds, make its appearance, show its face, appear to one's eyes, come upon the stage, float before the eyes, speak for itself, attract the attention, reappear, live in a glass house, expose to view.