To attack; to bait.

To flutter as a hawk; to bait.

when a hawk jumps off the falconer's glove or a perch.

To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.

To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.

An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.

To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.

an agent or an enzyme -containing preparation comprising the chemically active ingredients for use in beamhouse processes, in particular in the bating step of a process for the manufacture of leather

imp. of Bite.

Strife; contention.

See 2d Bath.

To deprive of.

To waste away.

To leave out; to except.

To remove.