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bas⋅set

1  [bas-it]
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–noun
one of a breed of hounds having short legs, long body and ears, and usually a black, tan, and white coat.
Also called basset hound.

Origin:
1610–20; < F: n. use of adj. basset of low stature (bass- low (see base 2 ) + -et attenuating suffix; see -et )
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bas⋅set

2  [bas-it] noun, verb, -set⋅ed, -set⋅ing. Geology, Mining.
–noun
1. an outcrop, as of the edges of strata.
–verb (used without object)
2. to crop out.
Origin:
1680–90; appar. < obs. F basset low stool, n. use of adj. basset. See basset 1

bas⋅set

3  [bas-it]
–noun
an 18th-century card game similar to faro.
Origin:
1635–45; < F bassette < It bassetta, n. use of fem. of bassetto somewhat low; so called because the game is played with low cards. See basset 1
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basset 
"short-legged dog," 1616, from Fr. basset, from O.Fr. bas "low" + dim. suffix.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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