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Basting
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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verb (used with object), bast·ed, bast·ing.
to sew with long, loose stitches, as in temporarily tacking together pieces of a garment while it is being made.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English basten < Anglo-French, Middle French bastir to build, baste < Germanic; compare Old High German bestan to mend, patch for *bastian to bring together with bast thread or string (bast bast + -i- v. suffix + -an infinitive suffix)
1400–50; late Middle English basten < Anglo-French, Middle French bastir to build, baste < Germanic; compare Old High German bestan to mend, patch for *bastian to bring together with bast thread or string (bast bast + -i- v. suffix + -an infinitive suffix)
verb (used with object)
1.
to moisten (meat or other food) while cooking, with drippings, butter, etc.
noun
2.
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking: a baste of sherry and pan juices.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English basten, of obscure origin
1425–75; late Middle English basten, of obscure origin
verb (used with object), bast·ed, bast·ing.
1.
to beat with a stick; thrash; cudgel.
2.
to denounce or scold vigorously: an editorial basting the candidate for irresponsible statements.
Origin:
1525–35; variant of baist, perhaps < Old Norse beysta to beat, thrash
1525–35; variant of baist, perhaps < Old Norse beysta to beat, thrash
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