▪ I. baster1
(ˈbeɪstə(r))
[f. baste v.1 + -er1.]
One who bastes (with thread); cf. baste v.1
| 1883 Standard 6 Nov. 2/2 A garment is manipulated by the cutter, the baster, the machinist. |
▪ II. ˈbaster2
(in 16th c. basteter).
[f. baste v.2]
One who bastes meat.
| 1525 Churchw. Acc. Heybridge (Nichols 1797) 181 To she that turned the spitt, 8d.; to the Basteter, 4d. |
▪ III. baster3
(ˈbeɪstə(r))
[f. baste v.3 + -er1.]
He who or that which bastes or thrashes; hence, a stick or cudgel; also, a heavy blow.
| 1726 W. Wagstaffe Misc. Wks. 48 (L.) Jack took up the poker, and gave me such a baster upon my head. 1770 in Smith Bk. Rainy Day (1861) 14 A fellow riding a hog, brandishing a birch broom by way of a baster. |