- (v.t.) To remove.
- (v.t.) To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
- (v.i.) To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
- (n.) An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
- (n.) See 2d Bath.
- imp. of Bite.
- (v.t.) To deprive of.
- (v.i.) To waste away.
- (n.) Strife; contention.
- (v.t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- (v.t.) To attack; to bait.
- (v.t.) To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (v.t.) To leave out; to except.
- (v.i.) To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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