Baste \Baste\ (b[=a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Basted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Basting}.] [Cf. Icel. beysta to strike, powder; Sw. basa to beat with a rod: perh. akin to E. beat.] 1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys.
2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
Baste \Baste\, v. t. [OE. basten, OF. bastir, F. b?tir, prob. fr. OHG. bestan to sew, MHG. besten to bind, fr. OHG. bast bast. See {Bast}.] To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. --Shak.