Part 949

<hw>Bate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To attack; to bait.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>Bate</hw>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Bite</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>Bate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>battre des ailes</ets> to flutter. Cf. <er>Bait</er> to flutter.]</ety> <def>To flutter as a hawk; to bait.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

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<hw>Bate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Jewish Antiq.)</fld> <def>See 2d <er>Bath</er>.</def>

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<hw>Bate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>beta</ets> maceration, soaking, G. <ets>beize</ets>, and E. <ets>bite</ets>.]</ety> <def>An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

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<hw>Bate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.</def>

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<hw>Ba*teau"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bateaux</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>bateau</ets>, LL. <ets>batellus</ets>, fr. <ets>battus</ets>, <ets>batus</ets>, <ets>boa</ets>, which agrees with AS. <ets>b\'bet</ets> boat: cf. W. <ets>bad</ets> boat. See <er>Boat</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers.</def> <altsp>[Written also, but less properly, <asp>batteau</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Bateau bridge</col>, <cd>a floating bridge supported by bateaux.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Bat"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Reduced; lowered; restrained; <as>as, to speak with <ex>bated</ex> breath</as>.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

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<hw>Bate"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Exciting contention; contentious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "It did <i>bateful</i> question frame. "

<i> Sidney.</i>

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<hw>Bate"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not to be abated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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