To cut off.
To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off.
To cut off, remove, take away.
To deprive of.
To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
To masturbate.
To waste away.
To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
To reduce the force of something; to abate.
To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
Strife; contention.
An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
A vat which contains this liquid.