Part 934

<hw>Base"board</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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 <i>washboard</i> (in England), <i>mopboard</i>, and <i>scrubboard</i>.</def>

<h1>Baseborn</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Base"born`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Born out of wedlock.</def>

<i>Gay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Born of low parentage.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Vile; mean.</def> "Thy <i>baseborn</i> heart."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Base-burner</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Base"-burn`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Base-court</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Base"-court`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>basse-cour</ets>. See <er>Base</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and <er>Court</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An inferior court of law, not of record.</def>

<h1>Based</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Based</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> & <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a base, or having as a base; supported; <as>as, broad-<ex>based</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[See <er>Base</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 18-21.]</ety> <def>Wearing, or protected by, bases.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Based</i> in lawny velvet."

<i>E. Hall.</i>

<h1>Basedow's disease</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba"se*dow's dis*ease"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Named for Dr. <ets>Basedow</ets>, a German physician.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also <altname>exophthalmic goiter</altname>.</def>

<i>Flint.</i>

<h1>Baselard</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bas"e*lard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>baselarde</ets>, LL. <ets>basillardus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>baslard</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>Baseless</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Base"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a base; having no foundation or support.</def> "The <i>baseless</i> fabric of this vision."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Basely</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Base"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Illegitimately; in bastardy.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>