Vocabulary : Base viol to Baseless
Base viol : See Bass viol.
Baseball : 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. ;; The ball used in this game.
Baseboard : A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard.
Baseborn : Born out of wedlock. ;; Born of low parentage. ;; Vile; mean.
Base-burner : A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed.
Base-court : The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle. ;; An inferior court of law, not of record.
Based : of Base ;; Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based. ;; Wearing, or protected by, bases.
Basedow's disease : A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter.
Baselard : A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century.
Baseless : Without a base; having no foundation or support.
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