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Basting   /bˈeɪstɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Baste  v. t.  (past & past part. basted; pres. part. basting)  
1.
To beat with a stick; to cudgel. "One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters."
2.
(Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
3.
To mark with tar, as sheep. (Prov. Eng.)


Baste  v. t.  To sew loosely, or with long stitches; usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.


noun
basting  n.  
1.
Loose temporary stitches.
Synonyms: baste, tacking.
2.
(Cookery) The act or process of moistening a roast as it is cooking.





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"Basting" Quotes from Famous Books



... and sweet brakes I ever see. So now, youngsters, set to and trim. Then we'll hang up our stockings, every one; and I'll give you the nicest Christmas dinner can be cooked, if I have to cuff Wun Lungy into basting them turkeys as they ought to be basted. Come, Neddy; come, little Echo; I saw Santy Claus' wife—that's me, shove a pan full of gingerbread men into the wall oven, and if they're done, I'll give each of you a soldier of dough to drive you ...
— Jessica, the Heiress • Evelyn Raymond
... to obtain a good common-school education. We have also a normal grade, where methods of teaching are taught those who desire to fit themselves for teachers. Besides this we have fitted up a sewing-room, where the girls learn every part of sewing and repairing, cutting and basting. Many schools have shops for boys; we look forward to the time when we may be able to have ...
— The American Missionary -- Volume 38, No. 01, January, 1884 • Various
... pull basting threads, but his generosity was not appreciated. "Go on," Millie told him, "you'd be more bother than you're worth! Next you'd be pullin' out the sewin'!" He was frequently chased from the room because of his inappropriate ...
— Amanda - A Daughter of the Mennonites • Anna Balmer Myers
... the white curtains, a pot of blue hyacinths stood in a cracked china plate, and as the sunlight shone into the room, the scent of the blossoms floated to the corner where Gabriella was patiently pulling basting threads out of the hem of a skirt. For a minute her capable hands stopped at their work, and raising her smooth dark head she looked compassionately at her sister Jane, who was sitting, like a frozen image of martyrdom, in ...
— Life and Gabriella - The Story of a Woman's Courage • Ellen Glasgow
... and bared his yellow teeth. "I haven't given you a basting since you were fifteen—but I'll paste you one right in the mouth if you ...
— Children of the Whirlwind • Leroy Scott


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