basting
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric togetherSynonyms: bastebasting stitchtacking
- moistening a roast as it is cooking
Webster's Dictionary (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]
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]