Base estate
an estate held from a lord on the condition of performing some service, especially service of a demeaning nature.
historical examples
but john knox declared, “i am a man of base estate and condition.”
john knox and the reformation andrew lang
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having a low, mean, or contemptible nature or character; meanspirited.
- Base hit
a fair ball enabling the batter to reach base without the commission of an error in the field or the making of a force-out or fielder’s choice on another base runner. historical examples chance was up first in the ninth and he pushed a base hit to right field. pitching in a pinch christy mathewson […]