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• Base

  ·noun The housing of a horse. II. Base ·adj Not classical or correct. III. Base ·adj Low in place ...

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• base

  A game of hand-ball. TO BASE To lay the foundation of an argument. This word is not in the English...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• base

  The breech of a gun. Also, the lowest part of the perimeter of a geometrical figure. When applied to...

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• Base viol

  ·- ·see Bass viol. ...

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• Base-burner

  ·noun A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fi...

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• Base-court

  ·noun An inferior court of law, not of record. II. Base-court ·noun The secondary, inferior, or rea...

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• Country-base

  ·noun ·same·as Prison base. ...

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• Sub-base

  ·noun The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the lik...

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• Wheel base

  ·add. ·- The figure inclosed by lines through the points contact of the wheels of a vehicle, ·etc., ...

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• base-line

  In strategy, the line joining the various points of a base of operations. In surveying, the base on ...

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• base-ring

  In guns of cast-metal, the flat moulding round the breech at that part where the longitudinal surfac...

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• rim-base

  The shoulder on the stock of a musket. ...

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• base of operations

  In strategy, one or a series of strategic points at which are established the magazines and means of...

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