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noun

Bass n. (pl. bass, and sometimes basses) (Zool.)

An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species. Note: The common European bass is Labrax lupus. American species are: the striped bass (Roccus lineatus); white or silver bass of the lakes (Roccus chrysops); brass or yellow bass (Roccus interruptus).

The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.

Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.

The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish. Note: The name is also applied to many other fishes. See Calico bass, under Calico.

Bass n.

(Bot.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

A hassock or thick mat.

Bass n.

A bass, or deep, sound or tone.

(Mus.)

(a)

The lowest part in a musical composition.

(b)

One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. (Written also base)

Thorough bass. See Thorough bass.

adjective

Bass adj. Deep or grave in tone.

Bass clef (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of the staff containing the bass part of a musical composition.

Bass voice, a deep-sounding voice; a voice fitted for singing bass.

verb

Bass v. t. To sound in a deep tone. (R.)

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... have been on?" the woman continued. "There's none due on this line that we knew of. David Bass, the station-master, was here but two hours ago and said he'd finished for the night, and praised the Lord for that. The goods trains had all been stopped at Ipswich, and the first passenger train was ...

— The Vanished Messenger • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... The vehicles, drawn into a single way, crowded together, progressed slowly. Gordon saw in the back of the buggy before him two whiskey jugs. Some one far ahead began to sing a revival hymn, and it ran along the line of carriages like a trail of ignited powder. A deep bass caught it behind Gordon Makimmon, then the piercing soprano of a woman ...

— Mountain Blood - A Novel • Joseph Hergesheimer

... afternoon was the best time for fishing. For the next two hours our thoughts were of quivering rods and leaping bass. ...

— The Young Forester • Zane Grey

... spring a boy came to me and said: "Dad, let's go fishing; I saw the bass jumping in the lake just now, and that means ...

— "Say Fellows--" - Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues • Wade C. Smith

... vibrations of a wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a moistened finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny, sounds, each clear and distinct in itself; the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass. On applying the ear to the woodwork of the boat, the vibration was greatly increased in volume. The sounds varied considerably at different points, as we moved across the lake, as if the number of the animals from which they proceeded ...

— Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon • J. Emerson Tennent

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