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Definition of bast

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Bast (n.) The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom..

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Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..

Tenaille :: Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin..

Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Inflated; bombastic.

Counterguard :: Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire..

Lambaste :: Lambaste (v. t.) To beat severely.

Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..

Bastardly :: Bastardly (adv.) In the manner of a bastard; spuriously.

Rant :: Rant (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics..

Retirade :: Retirade (n.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle..

Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

Winglet :: Winglet (n.) A bastard wing, or alula..

Embastardize :: Embastardize (v. t.) To bastardize.

Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.

Bastard :: Bastard (n.) A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.

Bastinadoes :: Bastinadoes (imp. & p. p.) of Bastinad.

Bastardy :: Bastardy (n.) The procreation of a bastard child.

Bast :: Bast (n.) A thick mat or hassock. See 2d Bass, 2..

Amorpha :: Amorpha (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo..

Grandiose :: Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style..

Tenaillon :: Tenaillon (n.) A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions..