English Explanatory Dictionary

bace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blow; a drubbing.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of base.
adj
  1. Obsolete form of base.
verb
  1. Obsolete form of base.

Word forms

bace baces more bace most bace bacing baced

Etymology

From dialectal English (compare Old Scots bais, base (“to beat soundly”)), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish bas (“a beating, flogging”), Swedish basa (“to beat, flog”), Danish bask (“a lash, blow”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, flap”). Cognate with Scots baiss (“to beat, drub”). More at bash, box.

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