Re*bate" (r&esl;*bāt"), v. t. [F.
rebattre to beat again; pref. re- re- + battre to
beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See Abate.]
1. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness;
to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for
exercise.
But doth rebate and blunt his natural
edge.
Shak.
2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as
interest due, or customs duties. Blount.
Rebated cross, a cross which has the
extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the
fylfot.
Re*bate", v. i. To abate; to
withdraw. [Obs.] Foxe.
Re*bate", n. 1.
Diminution.
2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a
rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of
importation duties. Bouvier.
Re*bate", n. [See Rabbet.]
1. (Arch.) A rectangular longitudinal
recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See
Rabbet.
2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick,
and serving to beat out mortar. Elmes.
3. An iron tool sharpened something like a
chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
Elmes.
4. [Perhaps a different word.] A kind of hard
freestone used in making pavements. [R.] Elmes.
Re*bate", v. t. To cut a rebate in.
See Rabbet, v.
