† bassenadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Made of bass or bast.
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a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. iv. 66 Abowt the nek knyt mony bassyn raip [L. stuppea vincula].
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adj.a1522- he may ill run that cannot go
- he minds him
- he must have killed a chinaman
- he never misses a trick
- he never misses does not etc a trick
- he never misses does not miss a trick
- he runs far that never turns
- he she can give cards and spades
- he she could not see it
- he she didn't do anything else
- he she will go far
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it bit him
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it bit him etc
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it bit him her
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it etc him
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it etc him etc
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it etc him her
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it kicked him
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it kicked him etc
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it kicked him her
- he she wouldn't say boo to a goose
- he should have a long spoon that sups with the devil
- he that comes first to the mill grinds first
- he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing
- he that hews high may have a chip fall in his eye