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Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs. |
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Low in place or position. |
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Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean. |
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Illegitimate by birth; bastard. |
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Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals. |
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Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion. |
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Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. |
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Not classical or correct. |
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Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin. |
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Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant. |
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The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue. |
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Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork. |
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The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented. |
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The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration. |
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That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support. |
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The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. |
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The chief ingredient in a compound. |
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A substance used as a mordant. |
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The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. |
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The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. |
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