Basting definition

Basting





Home | Index


We love those sites:

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  


              One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some
              people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or
        fat on, as on meat in roasting.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  basting \basting\ n.
     1. Loose temporary stitches.
  
     Syn: baste, tacking.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. (Cookery) The act or process of moistening a roast as it
        is cooking.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  basting
       n 1: loose temporary stitches [syn: {baste}, {tacking}]
       2: moistening a roast as it is cooking

















Powered by Blog Dictionary [BlogDict]
Kindly supported by Vaffle Invitation Code Get a Freelance Job - Outsource Your Projects | Threadless Coupon
All rights reserved. (2008-2024)