"Bate" is a word in ENGLISH
To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to
abate; to beat down; to lower.
An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain
animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
To waste away.
To leave out; to except.
To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
To attack; to bait.
See 2d Bath.
To deprive of.
Strife; contention.
imp. of Bite.
To remove.
I had ceased to be a writer of tolerably poor tales and essays, and had become a tolerably good Surveyor of the Customs. That was all. But, nevertheless, it is any thing but agreeable to be haunted by a suspicion that one's intellect is dwindling away; or exhaling, without your consciousness, like ether out of a phial; so that, at every glance, you find a smaller and less volatile residuum. Of the fact, there could be no doubt; and, examining myself and others, I was led to conclusions in reference to the effect of public office on the character, not very favorable to the mode of life in question. In some other form, perhaps, I may hereafter develop these effects. Suffice it here to say, that a Custom-House officer, of long continuance, can hardly be a very praiseworthy or respectable personage, for many reasons; one of them, the tenure by which he holds his situation, and another, the very nature of his business, which—though, I trust, an honest one—is of such a sort that he does not share in the united effort of mankind.An effect—which I believe to be observable, more or less, in every individual who has occupied the position—is, that, while he leans on the mighty arm of the Republic, his own proper strength departs from him. He loses, in an extent proportioned to the weakness or force of his original nature, the capability of self-support. If he possess an unusual share of native energy, or the enervating magic of place do not operate too long upon him, his forfeited powers may be redeemable. The ejected officer—fortunate in the unkindly shove that sends him forth betimes, to struggle amid a struggling world—may return to himself, and become all that he has ever been. But this seldom happens. He usually keeps his ground just long enough for his own ruin, and is then thrust out, with sinews all unstrung, to totter along the difficult footpath of life as he best may. Conscious of his own infirmity,—that his tempered steel and elasticity are lost,—he for ever afterwards looks wistfully about him in quest of support external to himself. His pervading and continual hope—a hallucination, which, in the face of all discouragement, and making light of impossibilities, haunts him while he lives, and, I fancy, like the convulsive throes of the cholera, torments him for a brief space after death—is, that, finally, and in no long time, by some happy coincidence of circumstances, he shall be restored to office. This faith, more than any thing else, steals the pith and availability out of whatever enterprise he may dream of undertaking. Why should he toil and moil, and be at so much trouble to pick himself up out of the mud, when, in a little while hence, the strong arm of his Uncle will raise and support him? Why should he work for his living here, or go to dig gold in California, when he is so soon to be made happy, at monthly intervals, with a little pile of glittering coin out of his Uncle's pocket? It is sadly curious to observe how slight a taste of office suffices to infect a poor fellow with this singular disease. Uncle Sam's gold—meaning no disrespect to the worthy old gentleman—has, in this respect, a quality of enchantment like that of the Devil's wages. Whoever touches it should look well to himself, or he may find the bargain to go hard against him, involving, if not his soul, yet many of its better attributes; its sturdy force, its courage and constancy, its truth, its self-reliance, and all that gives the emphasis to manly character.
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Having the quality of hiding.
Read the complete definitionA place for hiding or preserving articles of value.
Read the complete definitionTo hide; to conceal.
Read the complete definitionTo hide, withdraw, or be concealed.
Read the complete definitionFugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.
Read the complete definitionalaw (not without l) v [A; a12] {1} watch s. o. from hiding unobserved. Iring nga nag-alaw sa pisù, The …
Read the complete definitionalip-ip v [AP] {1} hide by making oneself as small as possible behind s.t. Mialip-ip (mipaalip-ip) ang kawatan sa bungbung, …
Read the complete definitionánsyas - (Sp. ansia, ansiar) Eagerness, anxiety, desire for; to be eager, anxious, to desire, hanker after or crave; want; …
Read the complete definitionaribáda v [A2; c] go, put s.w. for refuge or safekeeping. Didtu mi nakaaribáda sa simbahan pagbagyu, We took refuge …
Read the complete definitionasu n {1} smoke. Way asu nga makumkum, You cant hide smoke in your fist. (No secret can be kept …
Read the complete definitionbabuybabuy n {1} k. o. louse which hides in crannies and lives in damp places. {2} k. o. cowrie. v …
Read the complete definitionAmong leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
Read the complete definitionbákbak - Also: to beat, drub, give one a hiding, punish severely. (cf. tarítári, torótóro, bakábáka, búnak, labá, pákas).
Read the complete definitionbakulaw n ugly-faced supernatural being said to abduct small children and hide them from their parents. Ayaw pagsábà kay tingálig …
Read the complete definitionbala, bála (not without l) n {1} bullet. {2} staples. {3} money. v [A; c] {1} load gun, stapler. Maáyu …
Read the complete definitionbalahúbà - Known, public, notorious, spread, rumoured (said of news, etc.); to get known, become public, etc. Nabalahúbà inâ sa …
Read the complete definitionbalanganán - Ambush, ambuscade, trench, hiding place (for lying in wait for); one to be—waylaid,—ambushed,—attacked from a hiding place. (cf. …
Read the complete definitionbalat Active Verb: magbalat Passive Verb: balatan Definition: 1) skin, hide (noun) 2) birthmark (on skin) (noun) 3) bark of …
Read the complete definitionbaláw - (B) An interrogative particle having the meaning of: How can you think so? Do you imagine that——, unless——? …
Read the complete definitionbalay n {1} house. alampuánan house of worship. sa lawàlawà spiderweb. sa ligwan, putyúkan beehive, hornets nest. lungsud city hall. …
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