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

BASS.
1. This term is used in S. for the inner bark of a tree.
2. A mat laid at a door for cleaning the feet; also, one used for packing bales, S.

Teut. bast, cortex.

BASSIE, s. A large wooden dish, used for carrying meal from the girnal to the bakeboard, S. B.
Ross.

Fr. bassin, a bason.

BASSIE, s. An old horse, Clydes. Loth.
V. [Bawsand].

BASSIL, s. A long cannon, or piece of ordnance.
Pitscottie.

Abbrev. from Fr. basilic.

BASSIN, adj. Of or belonging to rushes.
Douglas.

Teut. biese, juncus, scirpus; L. B. basse, a collar for cart-horses made of flags.

BASSNYT, adj. White-faced.
V. [Bawsand].
Gl. Sibb.