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Basque

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Basque  (bsk)
n.
1. A member of a people of unknown origin inhabiting the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay in France and Spain.
2. The language of the Basques, of no known linguistic affiliation.

[French, probably from Latin Vasc, perhaps from Barscunes, Bascunes, ethnonym of the Pyrenees region in antiquity.]

Basque adj.

basque  (bsk)
n.
A woman's close-fitting bodice.

[French, skirt of a garment, alteration (perhaps influenced by Basque, Basque) of Old French baste, from Italian basta, tuck, possibly of Germanic origin.]

basque
Noun
a tight-fitting bodice for women [origin unknown]

Basque
Noun
1. a member of a people living in the W Pyrenees in France and Spain
2. the language of the Basques
Adjective
of the Basques [Latin Vasco]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Basque - a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
European - a native or inhabitant of Europe
2.Basque - the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language
natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
Translations
Basque [bæsk] adj, nvasco/a m/f
Basque [bæsk] adjbasque
nBasque m/f;
the Basque Country → le Pays basque
Basque [bæsk] adjbaskisch
nBaske m, Baskin f
Basque [bæsk] adj, nbasco/a


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For she was a Carlist, and of Basque blood at that, with something of a lioness in the expression of her courageous face (especially when she let her hair down), and with the volatile little soul of a sparrow dressed in fine Parisian feathers, which had the trick of coming off disconcertingly at unexpected moments.
But there weren't any black things in the last missionary barrel, only a lady's velvet basque which Deacon Carr's wife said wasn't suitable for me at all; besides, it had white spots--worn, you know--on both elbows, and some other places.
All around her, all glances were riveted, all mouths open; and, in fact, when she danced thus, to the humming of the Basque tambourine, which her two pure, rounded arms raised above her head, slender, frail and vivacious as a wasp, with her corsage of gold without a fold, her variegated gown puffing out, her bare shoulders, her delicate limbs, which her petticoat revealed at times, her black hair, her eyes of flame, she was a supernatural creature.
 
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