To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
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 cut off, remove, take away.
To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
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.
To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner.
An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.