Ba'Baises

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Game Ba'Baises
Game Family Baseball Baseball
Regions Britain
Eras 1800s
Invented No
Description

the 1818 Dictionary of the Scottish Language defined the word ba'-baises as 'the name of a particular game at ball.' 

Sources

Cited in David Block, Pastime Lost (U Nebraska Press, 2019, page 186.

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This game was apparently related to English Base Ball or one of its Scottish variants.

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