Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Abatement; diminution; lessening; specifically, among carpenters, the portion to be cut off from a piece of timber to bring it to a desired length.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Abatement; diminution.
- noun (Arch.) a window or one division of a window having vertical sides, but with the sill not horizontal, as where it follows the rake of a staircase.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
abatement ;diminution
Etymologies
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For abatement. See bate.
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Examples
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* • Unalterable and incapable d any a - batement, i.
The Works... Joseph Bellamy 1812
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