| bast | 1. The inner fibrous bark of various plants; especially. Of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc, made therefrom. 2. A thick mat or hassock. See Bass. Origin: AS. Baest; akin to Icel, Sw, Dan, D, & G. Bast, of unknown origin. Cf. Bass the tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bastard | 1. Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, note. 2. Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so. "That bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices." (Barrow) 3. Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin. 4. Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book. <medicine> Bastard ashlar, three to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mam malia; the alula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Bastedo | Walter A., U.S. Physician, 1873-1952. See: Bastedo's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bastedo's sign | <clinical sign> An obsolete sign: in chronic appendicitis, pain and tenderness in the right iliac fossa on inflation of the colon with air. (05 Mar 2000) |