Definition of bastes:
(v) :
(transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
(v) :
(transitive) To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
(v) :
(transitive, by extension) To coat over something.
(n) :
A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
(v) :
(transitive) To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
(v) :
(archaic, slang) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.