basset

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
2. (countable, uncountable)A basset hound.
3. (uncountable)A card game resembling faro.

   “Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget / Your piquet parties, and your dear basset.”

   “We are to go and see Pope's new grotto, opened for the first time; then try Hampton Court, and see if Mrs. Howard will stake a little princely gold on a pool of basset.”

verb

1. (intransitive)To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.

   “A vein of coal bassets.”

name

1. A surname from French.