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

Same as Bas-relief.

A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.

A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with 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.

adillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctus and X. hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also Kabassou.]

The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.

See Cabassou.

of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso- rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.

A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.

Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. Grove.

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

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

An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone.

ony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.] -- Continued fever (Med.), a fever which presents no interruption in its course. -- Continued fraction (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose…

Basso continuo, or continued bass.

The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.

A small bassoon, formerly much used. Simmonds.

A bassoon. See Fagotto.