'Bating' definitions:

Definition of 'Bating'

From: GCIDE
  • Bating \Bat"ing\, prep. [Strictly p. pr. of Bate to abate.] With the exception of; excepting. [1913 Webster]
  • We have little reason to think that they bring many ideas with them, bating some faint ideas of hunger and thirst. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bating'

From: GCIDE
  • Bate \Bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bating.] [From abate.]
  • 1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower. [1913 Webster]
  • He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction. [1913 Webster]
  • To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with the parliament. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood, He lies that says it. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To remove. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To deprive of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its honor for the person's sake. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]