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beasta1672
The pool of money staked by players in games such as Beast (see sense A. 14a); a penalty or forfeit equivalent to the size of the pool. Cf. baste, n.2…
baste1719
(A name for) a penalty or forfeit in any of various card games, esp. ombre and quadrille; = beast, n. 14.