surbate
surbate verb: to bruise, hurt (the feet, hooves etc.) from walking.
Verb
surbate (third-person singular simple present surbates, present participle surbating, simple past and past participle surbated)
- To bruise, hurt (the feet, hooves etc.) from walking.
- they […] let their temed fishes softly swim / Along the margent of the fomy shore, / Least they their finnes should bruze, and surbate sore / Their tender feet vpon the stony ground […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- SURBATING; a Diſtemper in a Horſe, vvho is ſaid to be ſurbated, vvhen the Sole is vvorn, bruiſed or ſpoiled by travelling vvithout Shoes, or vvith ill ſhoeing: […] take Frankincenſe, and rolling it in a little fine Cotton VVool or Bombaſt, vvith a hot Iron melt it into the Foot betvvixt the Shoe...1725, [Noël] Chomel, “SURBATING”, in R[ichard] Bradley, editor, Dictionaire Oeconomique: Or, The Family Dictionary. […], volume II (I–Z), London: […] D[aniel] Midwinter, […], →OCLC, column 2
Forms of surbate
| third-person singular present | surbates |
|---|---|
| present participle | surbating |
| past participle | surbated |
| past | surbated |
Origin of surbate
Back-formation from surbated.
Questions about surbate
- What does surbate mean?
- Surbate means to bruise, hurt (the feet, hooves etc.) from walking.
- What part of speech is surbate?
- Surbate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of surbate?
- The past tense of surbate is surbated.
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