SURBET

Adjective

surbet (comparative more surbet, superlative most surbet)

(obsolete) surbated; bruised

Anagrams

• Buster, Strube, Stuber, brutes, burets, buster, rebuts, tubers

Source: Wiktionary

Sur*bet", v. t.

Definition: Same as Surbate. [Obs.]

Sur*bet", a.

Definition: Surbated; bruised. [Obs.] Spenser.

SURBATE

Sur*bate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surbated; p. pr. & vb. n. Surbating.] Etym: [F. solbatu, p.p., bruised (said of a horse's foot); sole a sole (of a horse's foot) + battu, p.p. of battre to beat.]

1. To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel. [Obs.] Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore Their tender feet upon the stony ground. Spenser. Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet. Mortimer.

2. To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.] Clarendon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition