Obs. Also 4 basare. [Etymol. unknown.] An executioner.
c. 1375. ? Barbour, St. Cristofore, 598. Syne to þe basare sade in hy: Stryk of myne hede, bruthyre dere. Ibid., St. Jacobus, 239. Fra þe baser sancte James gat A pot with vattir.
