BASQUISH
Basqu"ish, a. Etym: [F. Basque Biscayan: cf. G. Baskisch.]
Defn: Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay;
Basque [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
BAS-RELIEF Bas`-re*lief", n. Etym: [F. bas-relief; bas law + relief raised work, relever to raise: cf. It. bassorilievo.]
Defn: Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; — called also bassrelief and basso- rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.
BASS
Bass, n.
Defn: ; pl. Bass, and sometimes Basses. Etym: [A corruption of barse.] (Zoöl.)
1. An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.
Note: The common European bass is Labrax lupus. American species are: the striped bass (Roccus lineatus); white or silver bass of the lakes. (R. chrysops); brass or yellow bass (R. interruptus).
2. The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.
3. Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.