bas

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Bell Island; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12091

bazz (v) On Bell Island the playing of marbles was (and still is?) referred to as _basing_ (sp?) pronounced (bah!zing), and in proposing a game of allies or marbles one would always say, "Last _bas!_" - (the value of being last having the same advantage as in a game of checkers). I can remember that the _basing season_ usually consisted of no more than three weeks in the spring when the ground is especially soft and muddy, and it was an activity that ceased as abruptly as it began. In a game consisting of two players the first would _bas up_ (ie throw his ally against the corner of a house). When this ally had settled itself in a position on the ground, the second player would also _bas up_ in the --- > PTO Yes Note: bas, pron (bahZ) - to rhyme with has. DICT CEN Used I Not used Not used Card continues on reverse - see B_13304. Phonetic transcriptions in cited quotation are only an approximation of what appears on card - database cannot reproduce all symbols.