n A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
n The return of part of an amount already paid.
n (photography) The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
n A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
n A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
n An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
n A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
v (transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
v (transitive) To diminish or lessen something
v To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
v (transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
v To abate; to withdraw.
v (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bateĀ².