Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rope or cord made from bass or bast, used for tying cigars and for other purposes.
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Examples
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While they were dividing the contents of the canoe among them to be carried to the shanty, Indiana, taking up the bass-rope and the blanket, bundled up the most of the things, and adjusting the broad thick part of the rope to the front of her head, she bore off the burden with great apparent ease, as
Canadian Crusoes Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850
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While they were dividing the contents of the canoe among them to be carried to the shanty, Indiana, taking up the bass-rope and the blanket, bundled up the most of the things, and adjusting the broad thick part of the rope to the front of her head, she bore off the burden with as great apparent ease as a London or an Edinburgh porter would his trunks and packages, turning round with a merry glance and repeating some Indian words with a lively air as she climbed the steep bank, and soon distanced her companions, to her great delight.
Lost in the Backwoods Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850
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