1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job l. 236/1 We neede not to bee afrayde that death shall haue any power ouer vs: for it is a rebated or blunted swoorde whereof the poynt is broken of, so as it cannot hurt vs.

1578 T. Churchyard Disc. Queenes Entertainem. sig. Eiij^v Sixe Gentlamen on either side with rebated swords and targets (only in dublet and hose, and Morion on head) approched.

1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **2 Recreate their rebated witts.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xiv. 92 Make them cleane..with a rebated knife made of purpose, such a one as will not cut.

1607 Edinb. Test. XLII. f. 239^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rebat(t Tua rebatt suordis & tua rebat dageris.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 292 During his reign..a shrude thrust was made at all Abbies, not with a Rebated point, but with sharps indeed.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Rebated,..blunted, deprived of keenness.

1860 J. Hewitt Anc. Armour Suppl. 573 The barred helm for tourneying with rebated sword and mace.

1924 Times 14 Nov. 11/5 Neither of them was disposed to run the risks which swordsmen take in a match with blunt and rebated weapons.

1983 Burlington Mag. Oct. 19 An important part of the proceedings, in which both kings took an active part, were tilts, tourneys and barriers..fought with hand-held and thrown spears, and rebated single- and two-hand swords.

2002 R. Cohen By Sword i. i. 15 Sometime before 1200 a concession to safety was made with the introduction of a rebated lance point..sufficient to unhorse an opponent without penetrating his armor and injuring him directly.

1739 C. Leadbetter Young Mathematician's Compan. 64 If you would find the rebated Sum, say, As the Hundred Pounds with it's [sic] Interest is to the Interest of 100 for the given Time, so is the present Sum to the Rebate.

1883 Glasgow Herald 7 May 7/3 A tobacco workers' strike for a portion of the rebated tax has been generally successful.

1895 Deming (New Mexico) Headlight 29 Nov. These credits include rebated taxes properly approved by the Board of Commissioners.

1932 Oelwein (Iowa) Daily Reg. 3 May 2/2 This rebated money going into the pockets of congressmen's kinsmen.

1959 Times 8 Apr. 6 Rebate of hydrocarbon oil duty..shall not be allowable on heavy oil used as fuel in a..goods vehicle even though it is otherwise of a kind eligible for the use of rebated oil.

1977 Economist (Nexis) 23 Apr. 85 Any rebated tax (eg, value added tax) on exports should be regarded as a subsidy.

2002 M. L. Sifry Spoiling for Fight 315 None of the rebated money would be subject to federal income tax.

1776 Builder's Price-bk. 32 Whole Deal framed, Grounds planed on both Sides, and rebated Linings.

1785 J. Peacock in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 370 The stock..is to slide in a rebated or dove-tail groove.

1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 70 A letter..on Hitch's ‘Patent Rebated Brickwork’.

1875 J. Lukin Carpentry & Joinery 104 The moulded, bevelled, or rebated strips can be set on edge in these.

1899 Science 19 May 720/2 When closed, one half slightly overlaps the other by a rebated edge, so as to exclude dust.

1918 Bull. Pennsylvania Museum Oct. 55 The silver was then forced into the cavity as nearly as possible to a level with the brass base and the rebated edges burnished down over it.

1966 A. W. Lewis Gloss. Woodworking Terms 115 (caption) Rebated Weatherboards.

1990 Pract. Householder Apr. 56/3 A rebated corner joint is a slightly more sophisticated version, where one of the timbers has a rebate cut into it which the other slots into.

2002 Build It Nov. 89/1 Insulating boards like the Polyform Plus Cavityboard from Owens Corning have special rebated edges which shed water outwards.