bassiot, n.m., small tub (used by distillers).

basson, n.m., (mus.) bassoon; bassoonist.

baste, n.m., basto (cards).

baster, v.n., to suffice. Only employed in: Baste pour cela; well, so be it, let that pass. Baste! pooh! nonsense!

basterne, n.f., basterna (cart drawn by oxen).

bastide, n.f., block house, country-house, villa (in the south of France).

*bastille, n.f., Bastille; fortress.

*bastillé, -e, adj., (her.) having inverted battlements.

bastingage, n.m., (nav.) barricading, netting.

bastingue (-ghe), n.f., quarter-netting.