REBATE

To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise. But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge. Shak.

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.

To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] Foxe.

Diminution.

Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier.

A restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.

A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. Elmes.

An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. Elmes.

A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [R.] Elmes.

To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.