An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
The return of part of an amount already paid.
The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
To abate; to withdraw.
Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².
To diminish or lessen something
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
The act or operation of reaping.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The material cut off in this way.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Tending to cut or tear.