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s (often approximately hemisherical), to hold liquids, etc. Brought them food in bowls of basswood. Longfellow.

of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw. -- Butter tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the B. butyracea; that of Africa is the Shea tree (B. Parkii). See Shea tree. -- Butter trier, a tool used in sampling butter. -…

tarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon.

A North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California.

ucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.

The calico bass.

A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc.

An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone.

e to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.

s, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc. Chub mackerel (Zoöl.), a species of mackerel (Scomber colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel. -- Chub sucke…

s of administering comfort. [Obs.] The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador. Hakluyt.

To converse together; to discourse; to confer. [Obs.] Embassadors were sent upon both parts, and divers means of entreaty were commoned of. Grafton.

as, a continued story. "Continued woe." Jenyns. "Continued succession." Locke. Continued bass (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.] -- Continued fever (M…

Basso continuo, or continued bass.

The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.

ger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public busuness. The wary Bassa . . . by speedy couriers, advertised Solyman of the enemy's purpose. Knolles.

A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [Written also croppie.]

it, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate. The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. Whitelocke. Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine…

The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.

Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. "The deep thunder." Byron. The bass of heaven's deep organ. Milton.