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Bastile Bastille
Bastile Bastille Bas*tile" Bas*tille", n. [F. bastille
fortress, OF. bastir to build, F. b?tir.]
1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the
defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.
The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls.
--Holland.
2. ``The Bastille', formerly a castle or fortress in Paris,
used as a prison, especially for political offenders;
hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.
BastinadeBastinade Bas`ti*nade", n.
See Bastinado, n. Bastinade
Bastinade Bas`ti*nade", v. t.
To bastinado. [Archaic]
BastinadoBastinado Bas`ti*na"do, n.; pl. Bastinadoes. [Sp. bastonada
(cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b?ton) a stick or
staff. See Baston.]
1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A
form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others,
consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his
feet. BastinadoBastinado Bas`ti*na"do, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoes; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.]
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
the feet. BastinadoesBastinado Bas`ti*na"do, n.; pl. Bastinadoes. [Sp. bastonada
(cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b?ton) a stick or
staff. See Baston.]
1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A
form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others,
consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his
feet. BastinadoesBastinado Bas`ti*na"do, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoes; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.]
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
the feet. BastinadoingBastinado Bas`ti*na"do, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoes; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.]
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
the feet. BastingBaste Baste (b[=a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Basted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Basting.] [Cf. Icel. beysta to strike, powder; Sw.
basa to beat with a rod: perh. akin to E. beat.]
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. --Pepys.
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.] BastionBastion Bas"tion, n. [F. bastion (cf. It. bastione), fr. LL.
bastire to build (cf. F. b?tir, It. bastire), perh. from the
idea of support for a weight, and akin to Gr. ? to lift,
carry, and to E. baston, baton.] (Fort.)
A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a
fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so
constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the
adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to
another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain,
which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the
other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called
the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin. Bastioned
Bastioned Bas"tioned, a.
Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
BombasticBombastic Bom*bas"tic (b[o^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k or
b[u^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k), Bombastical Bom*bas"tic*al, a.
Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. --
Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv.
A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke.
Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent. BombasticalBombastic Bom*bas"tic (b[o^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k or
b[u^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k), Bombastical Bom*bas"tic*al, a.
Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. --
Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv.
A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke.
Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent. BombasticallyBombastic Bom*bas"tic (b[o^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k or
b[u^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k), Bombastical Bom*bas"tic*al, a.
Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. --
Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv.
A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke.
Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent. Demibastion
Demibastion Dem"i*bas"tion (?; 106), n. [Cf. F. demi-
bastion.] (Fort.)
A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one
face and one flank.
Face of a bastion Cylinder face (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam
cylinder on which a slide valve moves.
Face of an anvil, its flat upper surface.
Face of a bastion (Fort.), the part between the salient and
the shoulder angle.
Face of coal (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at
right angles to the stratification.
Face of a gun, the surface of metal at the muzzle.
Face of a place (Fort.), the front comprehended between the
flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. --Wilhelm.
Face of a square (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion
when formed in a square.
Face of a watch, clock, compass, card etc., the dial or
graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of
day, point of the compass, etc.
Face to face.
(a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the
accuser and the accused face to face.
(b) Without the interposition of any body or substance.
``Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to
face.' 1 --Cor. xiii. 12.
(c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or
toward one another; vis [`a] vis; -- opposed to back
to back.
To fly in the face of, to defy; to brave; to withstand.
To make a face, to distort the countenance; to make a
grimace. --Shak. Sebastichthys miniatusRasher Rash"er, n. [In sense 1, probably fr. rash, a., as
being hastily cooked.]
1. A thin slice of bacon.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A California rockfish (Sebastichthys
miniatus). Sebastichthys rhodochlorisFlyfish Fly"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A California scorp[ae]noid fish (Sebastichthys
rhodochloris), having brilliant colors. Sebastichthys rubrivinctusSpanish Span"ish, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Yucca
alorifolia) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.
Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.
Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.
Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub (Spartium
junceum) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.
Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.
Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.
Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two
single blocks. --Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).
Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.
Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (lepidium
Cadamines), a species of peppergrass.
Spanish curiew (Zo["o]l.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]
Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.
Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree (Cordia
Gerascanthus) furnishing hard and useful timber.
Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.
Spanish flag (Zo["o]l.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.
Spanish fly (Zo["o]l.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.
Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.
Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.
Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.
Spanish leather. See Cordwain.
Spanish mackerel. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.
Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.
Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia.
Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed (Bidens
bipinnata) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.
Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.
Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.
Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.
Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.
Spanish sheep (Zo["o]l.), a merino.
Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.
Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
Meaning of BASTI from wikipedia
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Básti is a
Hungarian surname.
Notable people with the
surname include: István
Básti (born 1944),
Hungarian football player Lajos Básti (1911–1977), Hungarian...
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Basti district is one of the
districts of
Uttar Pradesh state, India, and a part of
Basti Division.
Basti city is the
district headquarters. The district...
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basti in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Basti may
refer to:
Básti, a
Hungarian surname Abderraouf El
Basti (born 1947),
Tunisian politician Basti Vaman...
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Basti division is one of the 18
administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the
northern Indian state of
Uttar Pradesh.
Basti city is the administrative...
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Basti is both a
given name and a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
Abderraouf El
Basti (born 1947),
Tunisian politician Basti Vaman Shenoy...
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Basti ****tsav, is an
annual cultural festival, held in
Basti,
Uttar Pradesh, India. It is held
every year in January–February. ****tsav is organized...
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Basti Islamabad (Urdu: بستی اسلام آباد) is the town of
Mankera Tehsil of
Bhakkar District in the
Punjab province of ****stan. It is
situated about 290...
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Basti is an **** of
herbal oils or
decoctions used in Ayurveda.
Basti is one of the five
Pradhana Karmas of
Panchakarma and it is used to
treat vata disorders...
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beneficial effects.
There are two ways to
perform Basti:
Sthala basti (aka
Sushka basti or Vata
basti),
cleans the
colon by
sucking air in the body without...
- Kali
Basti is a 1985
Indian Hindi-language film
directed by
Sudesh Issar and
produced by
Satish Khanna. It
stars Shatrughan Sinha and
Reena Roy in pivotal...
