Bass

BASS (the same word as "base" and so pronounced, but in fluenced in spelling by the Ital. basso), deep, low, especially in music, the lowest part in the harmony of a composition, the low est male voice, or the lowest-pitched of a class of instruments, as the bass-clarinet.

Bass or bast (a word of doubtful origin, pronounced

bas) is the fibrous bark of the lime-tree, used in gardening for tying up plants, or to make mats, soft plaited baskets, etc. Basswood is the American lime-tree, Tilia americana (see LIME or LINDEN).