basseting

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basseting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Basset \Bas"set\, 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.
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  Basseting \Bas"set*ing\, n.
     The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a
     stratum at the surface.
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