Beastes vs Bastes - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between beastes and bastes

is that beastes is while bastes is .

beastes

English

Noun

(head)

* {{quote-book, year=1609, author=, title=A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV., chapter=Everie Woman in her Humor, edition= citation

, passage=Then either for God's sake or thy Neighbors, or both, be smothe, and participate; ist not some underlayer, some she Cammell, that will beare as much of her belly as three beastes on their backes? some Lanthorne-maker? }}

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 22, author=, title=Nonfiction Chronicle, work=New York Times citation

, passage=In 1585 the British artist John White accompanied a group of colonists to the North Carolina coast with instructions to "drawe to liefe all strange birdes, beastes , fishes, plantes." }}

bastes

English

Verb

(head)

(baste)

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baste

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

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

, passage=He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later. }}

Etymology 2

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

, passage=Ice Cold Daydream" bastes the bayou funk of the Meters in swirling psychedelia, while "Sweet Thang," a swampy blues cowritten with his dad, sounds like something from Dr. John's "Night Tripper" phase. }}

To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.

Etymology 3

Perhaps from the cookery sense of baste or from some Scandinavian source. Compare (etyl) (whence (etyl) ). Compare also (etyl) and (etyl)

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.

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