† bassenadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Made of bass or bast.
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bassena1522
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. iv. 66 Abowt the nek knyt mony bassyn raip [L. stuppea vincula].
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