An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

O. Fr. bretesche, wooden towers used for defence, Ital. bertesca.

BASE DANCE, A kind of dance, slow and formal in its motions.
Complaynt S.

Fr. basse danse.

To BASH, v. a. To beat to sherds, Loth. [Smash] synon.

Su. G. bas-a, to strike.

BASH, s. A blow, S. A.

To BASH up, v. a. To bow or bend the point of an iron instrument inwards, Loth.

BASING, BASSING, s. A bason; pl. basingis.

Fr. bassin, id.

Bellenden.