† ˈbateless, a. Obs.
[f. bate v.2 3 + -less.]
1. That cannot be ‘bated’ or blunted; unalterably keen.
| 1593 Shakes. Lucr. ii, Haply that name of chaste unhappily set This bateless edge on his keen appetite. 1595 Markham Sir R. Grinuile cv, Sets a batelesse edge, grownd by his word Vpon their blunt harts. |
2. Unabating.
| 1886 Harper's Mag. May 884 From heaven of heavens above God speaketh with bateless breath. |