Part 935

<i>Knolles.</i>

<h1>Basement</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Base"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>soubassement</ets>. Of uncertain origin. Cf. <er>Base</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, <er>Bastion</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See <er>Base</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3 <sd>(a)</sd>.) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively.</def>

<cs><col>Basement membrane</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed.</cd></cs>

<h1>Baseness</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Base"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.</def>

<blockquote>I once did hold it a <b>baseness</b> to write fair. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Basenet</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bas"e*net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bascinet</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Base viol</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Base" vi`ol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <er>Bass viol</er>.</def>

<h1>Bash</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bash</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>baschen</ets>, <ets>baissen</ets>. See <er>Abash</er>.]</ety> <def>To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His countenance was bold and <b>bashed</b> not. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bashaw</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Ba*shaw"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Pasha</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A Turkish title of honor, now written <i>pasha</i>. See <er>Pasha</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: A magnate or grandee.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A very large siluroid fish (<spn>Leptops olivaris</spn>) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called <i>goujon</i>, <i>mud cat</i>, and <i>yellow cat</i>.</def>

<h1>Bashful</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bash"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bash</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Abashed; daunted; dismayed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; <as>as, a <ex>bashful</ex> person, action, expression</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Diffident; retiring; reserved; shamefaced; sheepish.</syn>

<h1>Bashfully</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bash"ful*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a bashful manner.</def>

<h1>Bashfulness</h1> <Xpage=122>

<hw>Bash"ful*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being bashful.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Bashfulness</er>, <er>Modesty</er>, <er>Diffidence</er>, <er>Shyness</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Modesty</i> arises from a low estimate of ourselves; <i>bashfulness</i> is an <i>abashment</i> or agitation of the spirits at coming into contact with others; <i>diffidence</i> is produced by an undue degree of self-distrust; <i>shyness</i> usually arises from an excessive self-consciousness, and a painful impression that every one is looking at us. <i>Modesty</i> of deportment is becoming at all; <i>bashfulness</i> often gives rise to mistakes and blundering; <i>diffidence</i> is society frequently makes a man a burden to himself; <i>shyness</i> usually produces a reserve or distance which is often mistaken for haughtiness.</usage>

<h1>Bashi-bazouk</h1> <Xpage=122>