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† surbated, pa. pple. and ppl. a. Obs. or dial. Also 5 surebated, 5–7 surbatted, 6–8 -baited, 7 erron. -boted. [f. OF. surbatu (pa. pple. of surbatre, f. sur- exceedingly = super- 9 b + batre to beat) + -ed. OF. surbatu is not recorded in the sense of the Eng. word, the F. term being solbatu (1664 i...
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surbeaten
surbeaten error for surbated.a 1667 Skinner Etymol. (1671), Surbeat, or to be Surbeaten.
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surbate
▪ I. † surbate, n. Obs. Also 6–7 surbat. [f. surbate v.] Soreness of the feet or hoofs caused by walking; foot-soreness.1587 L. Mascall Govt. Cattle, Horses (1627) 118 By that meanes hee may saue his horse often-times from danger of surbat. 1645 ‘Martin-Marpriest’ Martin's Eccho 16 You remember how ...
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surbating
† surbating, vbl. n. Obs. Forms: see surbate v.; also 6–7 erron. surbutting. [f. surbated: see -ing1.] The action of making the hoofs or feet sore by walking; foot-soreness. The definition in quot. 16072 is repeated in later works of reference.1576 Turberv. Venerie 15 That he [sc. a hound] is strong...
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hoof
▪ I. hoof, n. (huːf) Pl. hoofs, sometimes hooves. Forms: 1 hóf, 4 houf, 4–6 north. hufe, (5 huyfe); 5–7 hoofe, (5 howue), 6– hoof, (6 hofe, houfe, houe, 7 hoove, hooff, huff(e). [Com. Teut.: OE. hóf = OFris., OS. hôf (MLG., LG. hôf, MDu., Du. hoef), OHG., MHG. huof (Ger. huf), ON. hófr (Sw. hof, Da....
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