Posted by andy bolger on August 31, 2003 at 19:55:56 from 81.131.142.228 user beardbiter.
In Reply to: Re: usage of word: "BATE" posted by Katharine Edgar on August 31, 2003 at 19:23:30:
I think hawks are said to 'bate' in falconry when they strike out wildly from their perch.