Basis

Jack's Reference Book for Home and Office : An Encyclopaedia of General Information: English Dictionary · 1909 · p. 1

foundation, groundwork. — —"laas or the language of the Basque ee the figures of which sre only raised above tho general surface. Ba Clof, tae Bipars 16 fod ch an inverted C which marks the ba -staff. [s. 1042]