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
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