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▪ I. baster1|ˈbeɪstə(r)|
[f. baste v.1 + -er1.]
One who bastes (with thread); cf. baste v.1
1883Standard 6 Nov. 2/2 A garment is manipulated by the cutter, the baster, the machinist.
▪ II. ˈbaster2
(in 16th c. basteter).
[f. baste v.2]
One who bastes meat.
1525Churchw. Acc. Heybridge (Nichols 1797) 181 To she that turned the spitt, 8d.; to the Basteter, 4d.
▪ III. baster3|ˈbeɪstə(r)|
[f. baste v.3 + -er1.]
He who or that which bastes or thrashes; hence, a stick or cudgel; also, a heavy blow.
1726W. Wagstaffe Misc. Wks. 48 (L.) Jack took up the poker, and gave me such a baster upon my head. 1770in Smith Bk. Rainy Day (1861) 14 A fellow riding a hog, brandishing a birch broom by way of a baster. |