basse

a. fem. of bas. —/f. shoal; (Music) ba . ba e-cour, f. farmyard; back yard. ba e-étoffe, f. base metal, esp. an alloy of lead and tin. ba e-mer, /. low water, low tide. ba erie, f. (Leather) plumping liquor. ba e e, f. lowne ; basene , meanne . ba in, m. basin (in various senses); pan, spec if. scale pan; dock; (Anat.) pelvis. — de repos, settling basin, settling tank. — filtrant, filtering basin, filter bed. ba ine, /. a variously shaped open ve el (usually circular in form but either shallow or deep and either metal or pottery), pan, jar. — contque, a pail-shaped ve el, widening from bottom to top and having the handles on the sides. — cylindrique, a cylindrical ve el or jar, usually with handles on the sides.