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surbate |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Surbate \Sur*bate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbated}; p. pr & vb n. {Surbating}.] [F. solbatu p. p., bruised (said of a horse's foot); sole a sole (of a horse's foot) + battu, p. p. of battre to beat.] 1. To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel. [Obs.] Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore Their tender feet upon the stony ground. --Spenser. Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet. --Mortimer. 2. To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
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