‖n. [ F. See Amass. ] An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any article or separable part of one's assets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ OF. asez enough, F. assez, fr. L. ad + satis, akin to Gr. &unr_; enough, Goth. saps full. Cf. Assai, Satisfy. ] 1. (Law) (a) Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend. Story. Blackstone. (b) Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or a trading association; -- opposed to liabilities. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In balancing accounts the assets are put on the Cr. side and the debts on the Dr. side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a cassette for audio tape. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. bassette, fr. It. bassetta. Cf. Basso. ] A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget
Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. basset somewhat low, dim. of bas low. ] (Geol.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Basseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Basseting. ] (Geol.) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis. Population (2000) = 19, 000. [ PJC ]

[ See Basset, a. ] (Mus.) An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves; The corno di bassetto. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ F. basset. ] (Zool.) A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., adj., somewhat low; n., counter tenor. See Basso. ] (Mus.) A tenor or small bass viol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Brassart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., prop., a casket, dim. of casse a case. See 1st Case. ] 1. Same as Seggar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a small case to hold a removable part of some mechanism, designed for convenience in inserting and removing the working part. Most commonly referring to a tape cassette, made mostly of plastic, which holds a reel of magnetic tape for tape players or tape recorders or video cassette recorders. The term may refer, as for tape cassettes, to the integrated case plus tape, or sometimes only to the case itself separate from the contents. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

‖ pl. Corni i basseto. [ It. ] (Mus.) A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a chewer, &unr_; a muscle of the lower jaw used in chewing, from &unr_; to chew: cf. F. masséter. ] (Anat.) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the masseter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Masseteric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Tasse. ] A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet. [ 1913 Webster ]