BASTE

vt to mark with tar, as sheep.

2. baste ·vt to beat with a stick; to cudgel.

3. baste ·vt to sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

4. baste ·vt to sew loosely, or with long stitches;

— usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.