bastel (bast)

t.; pret. and pp. basted, ppr. basting. [First known in pret. or pp. baste, baste baist, bas it, perhaps with orig. inf. * base, Sw. bas a, strike, beat, whip (cf. bash1, bask3 ); some compare Icel. beysta, beyrsta = Sw. bös ta = Dan. böste, beat, drub, generally a ociated with börste (= Sw. borsta ), brush, Mine had struck down Creed's boy in the dirt, with his new suit on, and the boy was in a pitiful taking and pickle, but I basted my rogue soundly. Pepys , Diary, I. 372. Would now and then seize A stick, or stool, or anything that round did lie, And baste her lord and master most confoundedly. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 100. baste2 (bāst), v. t.; pret. and pp. basted, ppr. basting. [Origin unknown; the word first occurs in the 16th century. Cf. bastel.] 1. To moisten (meat that is being roasted or baked) with melted fat, gravy, etc., to improve the flavor or prevent burning. The fat of roasted mutton falling on the birds will serve to baste them. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke Swift , As they had basted been. Cowper , John Gilpin. 2. To mark (sheep) with tar. [Prov. Eng.] baste3 (bast), v. t.; pret. and pp. basted, ppr. basting. [ = Sp. bastear = It. imbastire, baste, sew (cf. Sp. Pg. It. basta, basting), prob. The body of your discourse is sometime guarded [trimmed] with fragments, and the guards [trimmings) are but slightly basted on neither. Shak ., Much Ado, i. 1.