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adj
Illegitimate, born out of wedlock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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name
Alternative spelling of Bastet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Egyptian, alt-of, alternative
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Inner bark of a tree from which rope is traditionally made.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants (particularly the lime tree) and used for making ropes, cords and matting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Bastardy, illegitimacy of birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Egyptian deity
noun
(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: phloem
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vascular tissue
noun
strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bast fiber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural fiber, natural fibre
History
From Middle English bast, from a back-formation of Middle English bastard.
From Middle English bast, from Old English bæst (“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”), from Proto-West Germanic *bast (compare the Swedish bast, Dutch bast, German Bast), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bhask-, *bhasḱ- (“bundle”) (compare Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)).
Across languages
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