basset, basset, bassette

& a. [In Dan. ba etspil; Ger. ba et spiel; Fr. bas sette; Sp. baceta; Ital. ba ett a somewhat le dim in. of ba o low.] [BASS, BASSE.] A. As substantive: A game at cards, said to have been invented by a Venetian noble. It was introduced into France in 1674. The parties to the game are nominally a dealer or banker; his a istant, who supervises the losing card; and the punter, to play against the banker. "Some dre , some dance, some play, not to forget Your picquet parties, and your dear ba et." Rowe. IMG:content-1102.jpg:[graphic] in ".. in another were gamblers playing deep at ba et..."-Macaulay: Hist. of Eng . , ch. iii. B. As adjective : Pertaining to the game described under A. "Gamesters would no more blaspheme; and Lady Dabcheek's ba et bank would be broke."-Dennis. ba et-table, s. A table upon which ba et is played. "The ba et- table spread, the tallier come; Why stays Smilinda in the dre ing-room?" Pope : Miscellanies, The Ba et - table , 1. 2. † băs'-sět (1), a. & s. [Comp. Old Fr. ba et , dim in. of bas = low, as Ital, ba et to is dim in. of ba o low.] A. As adjective (among miners): Having a direction at one side towards the surface of the earth; tending to crop out. B. As substantive (among miners): The out crop of strata at the surface of the ground. băs-sět (2), a. [Comp. Ital. ba et to = somewhat low, dim in. of ba o = low. In O. Fr. & Prov. ba et = somewhat low.] [BASSET, adj . & s.] (Used in composition, as in Ba et -horn, q.v.)