▪ I. † bace Obs.
[Cf. Sw. bas beating, flogging, basa to beat, flog, also Da. bask stripe, blow, baske to beat, strike, and mod.Sc. baiss to beat, drub. (Jam.)]
A blow; a drubbing.
| a 1560 Rolland Crt. Venus iv. 678 Swyith pak..or ȝour bak beir a bace. |
▪ II. bace, bacen
obs. forms of base, baken.