BPage 72
- English Word Base Definition The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.
- English Word Base Definition A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base.
- English Word Base Definition A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc.
- English Word Base Definition The smallest kind of cannon.
- English Word Base Definition That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ.
- English Word Base Definition The basal plane of a crystal.
- English Word Base Definition The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline.
- English Word Base Definition The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon.
- English Word Base Definition The housing of a horse.
- English Word Base Definition A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- English Word Base Definition The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
- English Word Base Definition An apron.
- English Word Base Definition The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.
- English Word Base Definition A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- English Word Base Definition A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars.
- English Word Base Definition Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield.
- English Word Base Definition To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.
- English Word Base Definition To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower.
- English Word Base Definition To reduce the value of; to debase.
- English Word Base viol Definition See Bass viol.