BASTE

baste

Verb

  1. To sew with wide stitches.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
  2. To coat over something
  3. To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.

Verb (etymology 3)

  1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel.


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