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basset

noun

  1. visual regression testing software
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verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbæsɪt/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from French Basset or a variant of Bassett.

  1. A surname from French.

noun

Etymology: From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.

  1. The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
  2. A basset hound.
  3. 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

Etymology: From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.

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

    A vein of coal bassets.