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English
Etymology
Back-formation from surbated.
Verb
surbate (third-person singular simple present surbates, present participle surbating, simple past and past participle surbated)
- (obsolete) To bruise, hurt (the feet, hooves etc.) from walking.
1725, Chomel, “SURBATING”, in R[ichard] Bradley, editor, Dictionaire Oeconomique: Or, The Family Dictionary. , volume II (I–Z), London: D Midwinter, , →OCLC, column 2: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; […]
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