Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of steeping hides and skins in an alkaline bath, to separate the lime, oil, and glutinous matter, and render them soft and pliable, and fit for tanning.
- Abating; taking away; deducting; excepting.
- noun The act of beating the wings; fluttering; fluttering away.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- preposition With the exception of; excepting.
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- verb Present participle of
bate . - preposition Apart from;
except .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The lure of bumping up number and raising support thru race bating is attractive … stupid but attractive.
Grassley: 'I kinda resent' White House over health care reform 2009
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Afterwards they are put through a process called "bating," which destroys any animal matter in the skins which may have escaped the first process, and they are then finally cleansed by a solution of bran and water, which also prepares them for tanning.
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* Will Sharron Angle's transparent race-bating pay off?
The Morning Plum Greg Sargent 2010
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Rep. Hank Johnson is cut from the same cloth as the Rev. Wright, Prof skip Gates, Vernon Jarrett and all others of the race bating wackos.
Georgia congressman: Wilson's outburst 'carefully calculated' 2009
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These images do more than establish her clear penchant for race-bating.
Sharron Angle's closing argument: It's us against them Adam Serwer 2010
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Stop your race-bating and do something constructive.
Georgia congressman: Wilson's outburst 'carefully calculated' 2009
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The pimp bating tactic is only effective when our own side uses it as a means to not be solidarity with our side.
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Unfortunately, the Republicans are going down in flames: lies, obstructionism, immorality, class warfare-bating, and on and on.
CNN Poll: Dems becoming less popular but no gains for GOP 2009
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Either Bryan is bating us here for the sake of sophomoric argument, or his arrogance is leading him down a path that leads to rejection and isolation.
The Mirage of Libertarian Populism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I am amazed ANYONE believes a thing he or theses progressive race bating Dems have to say on anything.
CNN Poll: Americans divided on President's health care plans 2009
minerva commented on the word bating
Also 'bating.
December 18, 2007