Basement membrane(Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed.

Baseness
(Base"ness) n. The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.

I once did hold it a baseness to write fair.
Shak.

Basenet
(Bas"e*net) n. See Bascinet. [Obs.]

Base viol
(Base" vi`ol) See Bass viol.

Baseborn to Bass

Baseborn
(Base"born`) a.

1. Born out of wedlock. Gay.

2. Born of low parentage.

3. Vile; mean. "Thy baseborn heart." Shak.

Base-burner
(Base"-burn`er) n. A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed.

Base-court
(Base"-court`) n. [F. basse-cour. See Base, a., and Court, n.]

1. The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle.

2. (Law) An inferior court of law, not of record.

Based
(Based) p. p. & a.

1. Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based.

2. [See Base, n., 18-21.] Wearing, or protected by, bases. [Obs.] "Based in lawny velvet." E. Hall.

Basedow's disease
(Ba"se*dow's dis*ease") [Named for Dr. Basedow, a German physician.] (Med.) A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; — called also exophthalmic goiter. Flint.

Baselard
(Bas"e*lard) n. [OF. baselarde, LL. basillardus.] A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century. [Written also baslard.] Fairholt.

Baseless
(Base"less), a. Without a base; having no foundation or support. "The baseless fabric of this vision." Shak.

Basely
(Base"ly), adv.

1. In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.

2. Illegitimately; in bastardy. [Archaic] Knolles.

Basement
(Base"ment) n. [F. soubassement. Of uncertain origin. Cf. Base, a., Bastion.] (Arch.) The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. (See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively.

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