[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

baste \baste\ b=ast, 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.
      1913 webster

            one man was basted by the keeper for carrying some
            people over on his back through the waters. --pepys.
      1913 webster

   2. cookery to sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or
      fat on, as on meat in roasting.
      1913 webster

   3. to mark with tar, as sheep. prov. eng.
      1913 webster
see also:
basted basting 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

basting \basting\ n.
   1. loose temporary stitches.

   syn: baste, tacking.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. cookery the act or process of moistening a roast as it
      is cooking.
      wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

basting
     n 1: loose temporary stitches syn: baste, tacking
     2: moistening a roast as it is cooking
see also:
baste tacking 

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