Rebate

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1. Verb

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

2. Verb

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

3. Verb

To abate; to withdraw.

4. Noun

Diminution.

5. Noun

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

6. Noun

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

7. Noun

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

8. Noun

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

9. Noun

A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.

10. Verb

To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.
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