rebate

Definitions

1. 1.To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties. Blount. Rebated cross, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.
2. 2.To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] Foxe.
3. 3.Diminution.
4. 4.(Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier.
5. 5.(Arch.) A restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
6. 6.A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. Elmes.
7. 7.An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. Elmes.
8. 8.Etym: [Perhaps a different word.] A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [R.] Elmes.
9. 9.To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties. Blount. Rebated cross, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot called?
• What is deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier called?
• What is a restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet called?
• What is a piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. Elmes called?
• What is an iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. Elmes called?
• What is etym: [Perhaps a different word.] A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [R.] Elmes called?