Surbate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
     1. To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel. [Obs.]
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              Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore
              Their tender feet upon the stony ground. --Spenser.
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              Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet.
                                                    --Mortimer.
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     2. To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
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