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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BAISS, BAESS, BEAS, BAS(S), n. and v.1 Sc. form of Eng. baste, used both as n. and v. [bes, bis Sc.; Ags. + be1s]Sc. 1808 Jam.:
Baiss, to sew slightly.
Abd.2 1932:
Ca' ye that shuin, lassie? Yer steeks are sae lang, it's mair like baissin'!
Mearns 1880 W. R. Fraser Hist. Of Laurencekirk xliii. 349:
[Talking of a tailor sewing] I may jist mak' bassin o'd a'thegither.
Ags.9 1926:
You maun baess that hem afore you shew'd.
Edb.1 1929:
Baiss, a form for baste, the stitching used in preparing a seam.

Combs.: (1) beasin' steeks, basting stitches; (2) baissing-threads, basing-threads, the threads used in stitching before sewing (Jam.2 1825 for Slk.).(1) Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin (1868) vii.:
He whankit them aff, juist as if they had been a wheen beasin' steeks.

[From O.Sc. bais, to sew] loosely, O.Fr. bastir, to make long stitches, which is prob. of Gmc. origin. Cf. O.E. bæst, inner bark of the lime, from which the verb may have been formed, and O.H.Ger. bestan, to sew with bast.]

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