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rebutting, vbl. n.|rɪˈbʌtɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. rebut, in various senses; spec. in Curling (see quot. 1831).
1375Barbour Bruce xii. 339 Thai haf tald thair reboyting, Thai of the vaward. a1548Hall Chron., Rich. III 25 b, Yt his aduersaries in no wise should haue any place apte or oportune easely to take lande withoute defence or rebuttynge back. 1695Colbatch's New Lt. Chirurg. put out 39 Sounding the Wound with his Probe, and being alarmed with the rebutting of it by the Systole and Diastole of the Heart. 1831J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXX. 971 Rebutting, is towards the end of the game, when the ice is blocked up, and the aspect of the game hopeless or desperate, to run the gauntlet through the same.
So reˈbutting ppl. a., that rebuts.
1871Daily News 11 Mar., The rebutting evidence..was exceedingly strong. 1901N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 248 The medical member of the commission practically testified as a rebutting expert. |