Amassette :: Amassette (n.) An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.

Amusette :: Amusette (n.) A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel..

Anisette :: Anisette (n.) A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds.

Asset :: Asset (n.) Any article or separable part of one's assets.

Assets :: Assets (n. pl.) Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend..

Assets :: Assets (n. pl.) Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts..

Assets :: Assets (n. pl.) The entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or a trading association; -- opposed to liabilities..

Avoset :: Avoset (n.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana..

Avoset :: Avoset (n.) Same as Avocet.

Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

Backset :: Backset (n.) Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water..

Backset :: Backset (v. i.) To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring..

Backsettler :: Backsettler (n.) One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.

Basset :: Basset (n.) A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice..

Basset :: Basset (a.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata..

Basset :: Basset (n.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.

Basset :: Basset (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets..

Basset Horn :: Basset horn (a.) An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves..

Basset Hound :: Basset hound () A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog..

Basseted :: Basseted (imp. & p. p.) of Basse.

Basseting :: Basseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basse.

Basseting :: Basseting (n.) The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

Bassetto :: Bassetto (n.) A tenor or small bass viol.

Beset :: Beset (imp. & p. p.) of Bese.

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.

Besetment :: Besetment (n.) The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin..

Besetter :: Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets..

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