Bassackwards
-ssbackwards: used as a euphemism.
adjective
backwards; reverse; -ss backwards: sort of -ssackward hydrauli gimcrackery
adverb
: he got it all b-ssackwards (1930s+)
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a singer with a b-ss voice. a player of a b-ss instrument, especially of the b-ss viol. contemporary examples d-cky betts, alternate lead guitar to duane, whiles away the flight swapping comic books with the b-ssist, berry oakley. stacks: hitting the note with the allman brothers band grover lewis march 14, 2014 playful and gory, […]
- Basso continuo
continuo. historical examples the b-sso continuo had been in use for some time before this. some forerunners of italian opera william james henderson “chiamata alla caccia”55 in c major for four horns on a b-sso continuo. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 13, slice 6 various viadana is said to have been the first to use […]
- Basso-relievo
bas-relief. historical examples filippo next turned his attention to sculpture, and executed works in b-sso-relievo, which showed an extraordinary genius. anecdotes of painters, engravers, sculptors and architects and curiosities of art (vol. 3 of 3) s. spooner directly over the door is a b-sso-relievo of two enormous gridirons, in stone. the book of curiosities i. […]
- Basso rilievo
noun (pl) -vos italian name for bas-relief historical examples a b-sso rilievo of psyche carried by the zephyrs was the result. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 11, slice 8 various for him gibson executed a b-sso rilievo in terra-cotta, now in the liverpool museum. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 11, slice 8 various for, as […]
- Bast fiber
bast (def 2). historical examples these petioles contain a quant-ty of bast fiber, which is used as string, but otherwise is of no commercial value. the former philippines thru foreign eyes toms de comyn the original bundles of bast fiber actually were probably little longer than in this fragment. a burial cave in baja california […]