The Collaborative International Dictionary
Surbated
Surbate \Sur*bate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surbated; p. pr. & vb. n. Surbating.] [F. solbatu, p. p., bruised (said of a horse's foot); sole a sole (of a horse's foot) + battu, p. p. of battre to beat.]
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To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel. [Obs.]
Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore Their tender feet upon the stony ground.
--Spenser.Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet.
--Mortimer. To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.]
--Clarendon.
Usage examples of "surbated".
In the afternoon black Jackson caught them up, his mount surbated and all but blown.