Available Definitions:
1) v. t. - To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
2) v. t. - To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
3) v. i. - To abate; to withdraw.
4) n. - Diminution.
5) n. - Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
6) n. - A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet .
7) n. - A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
8) n. - An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
9) n. - A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
10) v. t. - To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet , v.