REBATING

Verb

rebating

present participle of rebate

Anagrams

• berating, bitrange, tabering

Source: Wiktionary


REBATE

Re*bate", v. t. Etym: [F. rebattre to beat again; pref re- re- + battre to beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See Abate.]

1. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise. But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge. Shak.

2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties. Blount. Rebated cross, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.

Re*bate", v. i.

Definition: To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] Foxe.

Re*bate", n.

1. Diminution.

2. (Com.)

Definition: Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier.

Re*bate", n. Etym: [See Rabbet.]

1. (Arch.)

Definition: A restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.

2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. Elmes.

3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. Elmes.

4. Etym: [Perhaps a different word.]

Definition: A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [R.] Elmes.

Re*bate", v. t.

Definition: To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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