basset, n.m., (mam.) terrier; basset-hound.
basset, -te, adj., of low stature.
*basse-taille, n.f., (—s-—s) (mus.) bass, (sculpt.) bas-relief. V. baryton and bas-relief.
bassette, n.f., basset (game at cards).
basse-voile, n.f., (—s-—s) (nav.) lower sail of a ship.
bassin, n.m., basin, valley, hollow; pond; (anat.) pelvis; scale (balance); (nav.) dock. Droit de —; dock-due. Le — d’un port; the basin of a harbor; wet dock. Les —s d’une balance; the scales of a balance. Cracher au —; (fig.) to contribute, to fork out. Mettre dans le —; (nav.) to dock. — à flot; floating dock. — d’échouage, or — de radoub; dry dock.
bassine, n.f., deep, wide pan.
bassiner, v.a., to warm (a bed); to bathe (with warm lotions), to foment, to steep; to water.
bassinet, n.m., pan, fire-pan (of fire-arms); (bot.) crowfoot; (anat.) calyx.
bassinoire, n.f., warming-pan.