English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Bate
imp. of Bite.
Bate (v. t.)
To attack; to bait.
Bate (v. i.)
To waste away.
Bate (v. t.)
To deprive of.
Bate (v. i.)
To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
Bate (n.)
Strife; contention.
Bate (v. t.)
To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
Bate (v. t.)
To leave out; to except.
Bate (v. t.)
To remove.
Bate (v. t.)
To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
Bateau (n.)
A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers.
Bateaux (pl. )
of Bateau
Bated (a.)
Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
Bated (imp. & p. p.)
of Bate
Bateful (a.)
Exciting contention; contentious.
Bateless (a.)
Not to be abated.
Batement (n.)
Abatement; diminution.
Batfish (n.)
A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)
Batfowler (n.)
One who practices or finds sport in batfowling.
Batfowling (n.)
A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.