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Bast   /bæst/   Listen
Bast

noun
1.
Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.  Synonym: bast fiber.
2.
(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes.  Synonym: phloem.
3.
Cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun.



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"Bast" Quotes from Famous Books



... it by force. The truth simply was, that her time had not come. Physical strength must rule for a time, and she was the weaker. She was very properly refused a feudal grant, by reason, say "Les Coustumes de Normandie," of her unfitness for war or policy: C'est l'homme ki se bast et ki conseille. Other authorities put it still more plainly: "A woman cannot serve the emperor or feudal lord in war, on account of the decorum of her sex; nor assist him with advice, because of her ...
— Women and the Alphabet • Thomas Wentworth Higginson
... "thou bast betrayed thy brethren; thou shouldst die of shame. Go tell the marshal that I am resolved to remain sword in hand until the entire and complete restoration of the Edict of Nantes!" The Cevenols thought themselves certain of aid from England; only a handful ...
— A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times - Volume V. of VI. • Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot


Words linked to "Bast" :   sieve tube, Egyptian deity, vascular tissue, botany, natural fiber, natural fibre, phytology


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