Basset \Bas"set\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Basseted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Basseting}.] (Geol.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets. Basseting \Bas"set*ing\, n. The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.