bating

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/
• Homophone: baiting

Verb

bating

1. present participle of bate

Preposition

bating

1. (now rare) Apart from; except.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 79:

     I replied, That he was a very unworthy man, if it were true, to speak slightingly of a family, which was as good as his own, bating that it was not allied to the peerage […].

   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, XIII:

     ‘There is but little I have heard from you which I did not expect to hear, and which I ought not to have expected; because, bating one circumstance, it is all very true.’

Adjective

bating (comparative more bating, superlative most bating)

1. (Cornwall, Devon, dialect) Of the moon, when it is waning.

Anagrams

• tangib