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Webster 1913 Edition
Regrate
Re-grate′
(r?-gr?t′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Regrated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Regrating
.] 1.
(Masonry)
To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
2.
To offend; to shock.
[Obs.]
Derham.
Re-grate′
,Verb.
T.
[F.
regratter
to regrate provisions; of uncertain origin.] (Eng.Law)
To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, – a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.
Webster 1828 Edition
Regrate
REGRA'TE
, v.t.1.
To offend; to shock. [Little used.]2.
To buy provisions and sell them again in the same market or fair; a practice which, by raising the price is a public offense and punishable. Regrating differs from engrossing and monopolizing, which signify the buying the whole of certain articles, or large quantities, and from forestalling, which signifies the purchase of provisions on the way, before they reach the market.