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Rebate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To blunt; to beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness.

2. He doth rebate and blunt his natural edge.

3. The keener edge of battle to rebate

Rebate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Diminution.

2. Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.

3. A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.

4. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.

5. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.

6. A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.

Rebate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To abate; to withdraw.

Rebate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.

3. To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

Rebatement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Diminution.

2. In commerce, abatement in price; deduction.

3. In heraldry, a diminution or abatement of the bearings in a coat of arms.

Rebatement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as 3d Rebate.