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A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog.

The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

A tenor or small bass viol.

A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.

Same as Bas-relief.

A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.

holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.

A performer on the bassoon. Busby.

A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses. Ure.

The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.

Same as Bent, a kind of grass.

A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.

The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.

A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass. Kentucky blue grass, a species of grass (Poa pratensis) which has running rootstocks and spreads rapidly. It is valuable as a pasture grass, as it endures both winter and drought better than other kinds, and is very…

a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.

The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred.

The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs.

A "bonny lass"; a beautiful girl. [Obs.] Spenser.

A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow- shaped spring, instead of by a joint.