baseburner (basber"ner)

A stove or furnace constructed on the base-burning principle. base-burning (bās'ber"ning), a. Burning at the base. - Base-burning furnace or stove, a furnace or stove in which the fuel burns at the bottom, and is renewed from a self-acting hopper or chamber above. base-court (bās'kōrt), n. 1. A secondary or inferior court or yard, generally at the back of a house, opposed to the chief court or main quadrangle; a farm-yard.-2. In Eng. law, an inferior court of justice, but a court of record, as a court-baron, court-leet, etc. basedt (bāst), a. [ IMG:content-1713.png:[blocks in formation] base2 (bās), v. t.; pret. and pp. based, ppr. bas ing. [ It is on the understanding, and not on the sentiment, of a nation that all safe legislation must be based . Lowell , Study Windows, p. 165. bases (bas), n. Another form of ba 1 and barse . [Local Eng. (Cumber land).] base-bag (bas bag), n. In base - ball , one of the bags often used to mark first, second, and third base.