basting
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Noun[edit]
basting (plural bastings)
- The act by which a food item is basted.
- Use repeated bastings to prevent the chicken from drying out.
- (archaic) A (physical) beating.
Verb[edit]
basting
- present participle and gerund of baste
References[edit]
- [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Basting”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.
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Etymology[edit]
From Old French bastir (“to construct”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
basting m (plural bastings)
Further reading[edit]
- “basting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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