(bas′it) noun
A hound characterized by a long, low body, long head and nose, and short, heavy, crooked forelegs: used in hunting. Also bas′set·hound′. [<OF basset, fem. dim. of bas·low ]

(bas′it) Geol. noun
An outcropping.
—v.i. ·set·ed, ·set·ing To crop out; appear at the surface, as coal. [Origin uncertain ]