Meaning Of Baste

v. t.

To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

v. t.

To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

v. t.

To mark with tar, as sheep.

v. t.

To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.