24. A rustic play; — called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars. "To run the country base." Shak.
25. (Baseball)
Defn: Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. Altern base. See under Altern. — Attic base. (Arch.) See under Attic. — Base course. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; — called also foundation course. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. — Base hit (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. — Base line. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. — Base plate, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. — Base ring (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. H. L. Scott.
BASE
Base, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Based (p. pr. & vb. n. Basing.] Etym: [From
Base, n.]
Defn: To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; — used with on or upon. Bacon.
BASE
Base, v. t. Etym: [See Base, a., and cf. Abase.]
1. To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower. [Obs.] If any . . . based his pike. Sir T. North.
2. To reduce the value of; to debase. [Obs.] Metals which we can not base. Bacon.
BASEBALL
Base"ball", n.
1. A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.