From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grainer \Grain"er\ (gr[=a]n"[~e]r), n.
1. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize
the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; --
called also grains and bate.
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2. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
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3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble,
etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bate \Bate\, v. i. [F. battre des ailes to flutter. Cf. Bait
to flutter.]
To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bate \Bate\, n. (Jewish Antiq.)
See 2d Bath.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bate \Bate\, n. [Cf. Sw. beta maceration, soaking, G. beize, and
E. bite.]
An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain
animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
--Knight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bate \Bate\, v. t.
To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bate \Bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bating.] [From abate.]
1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to
abate; to beat down; to lower.
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He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not
employ or not pay him. --Locke.
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2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
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To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with
the parliament. --South.
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3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
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Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood,
He lies that says it. --Beau. & Fl.
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4. To remove. [Obs.]
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About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of
olives, and lay them bare. --Holland.
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5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
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When baseness is exalted, do not bate
The place its honor for the person's sake.
--Herbert.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bate \Bate\, v. i.
1. To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
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Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine. --Dryden.
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2. To waste away. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bate \Bate\, v. t.
To attack; to bait. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bate \Bate\, n. [Prob. abbrev. from debate.]
Strife; contention. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bate \Bate\,
imp. of Bite. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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