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Webster 1913 Edition
Rebate
Re-bate′
(rē̍-bāt′)
, Verb.
T.
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. Shakespeare
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′
,Verb.
I.
To abate; to withdraw.
[Obs.]
Foxe.
Re-bate′
,Noun.
1.
Diminution.
2.
(Com.)
Deduction; abatement;
as, a
rebate
of interest for immediate payment; a rebate
of importation duties. Bouvier.
1.
(Arch.)
A rectangular 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.
[Perhaps a different word.]
A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
[R.]
Elmes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rebate
REBA'TE
, v.t.To blunt; to beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness.
He doth rebate and blunt his natural edge.
The keener edge of battle to rebate.