Verb

(en verb)

To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

* 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .

On no account will he or any other kind be able to boast that he's escaped the pursuit of those who can follow so detailed and comprehensive a method of enquiry.

To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

* (John Milton)

Lest bad men should boast / Their specious deeds.

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(obsolete) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

* Bible, Psalms xiiv. 8

In God we boast all the day long.

(squash) To play a .

(ergative) To possess something special.

Verb

(en verb)

(masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

(Weale)

(sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

Verb

(bast)

To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.

* {{quote-news, year=1991, date=June 14, author=J.F. Pirro, title=Custom Work, work=Chicago Reader citation

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Verb

(bast)

To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

(by extension) To coat over something

* {{quote-news, year=2001, date=April 20, author=Peter Margasak, title=Almost Famous, work=Chicago Reader citation

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To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.

Verb

(bast)

To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

* Samuel Pepys

One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters.