Bate

Definitions

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
   countable, uncountable
2. Strife; contention.
   uncountable
3. An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
4. direction, course, track
   Ireland, uncountable
5. A town in Comoé province, Burkina Faso.
   countable, uncountable
6. A vat which contains this liquid.
7. A village in Nova Gorica municipality, Slovenia.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] and weares his Boot very ſmooth, like⟳ vnto the Signe of the Legge; and breedes no bate with telling of diſcreete stories:”

“So the strife redoubled and the weapons together clashed and ceased not bate and debate⟳ and naught was to be seen but blood flowing and necks bowing; […]”

“The other merely needs jealousy and bate, of which there are great and easily accessible reservoirs in every human heart.”

“The process⟳ of unliming hides and skins in tanning has been a slow and disgusting one, consisting in soaking the skins in a bath of manure in water, called bate.”

“What bate are you on now = where are you going and why ? The dog is on some bate = is finding or following a scent.”

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