Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surbate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sur-bate
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bruise, hurt (the feet, hooves etc.) from walking.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"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 and the Toe, until the Orifice, vvhere the Blood vvas taken avvay, is fill'd up; […]"

Etymology

Back-formation from surbated.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

surbates (present, singular) surbating (participle, present) surbated (participle, past) surbated (past)

Questions

What does surbate mean?: To bruise, hurt (the feet, hooves etc.) from walking.
Where does surbate come from?: Back-formation from surbated.

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