bating1 (bating)

[Verbal n. of batel, v.] The act of beating the wings; fluttering; fluttering away. bating2 (ba'ting), prep. [Orig. ppr. of bate2, for abate; now regarded as a prep.] Abating; taking away; deducting; excepting. sions. Bating the outward respect due to his birth, they treated him [the Prince of Condé] very hardly in all his pretenBp. Burnet, Hist. Own Times, an. 1677. bating3 (bā'ting), n. [Verbal n. of bates , v.] The proce of steeping hides and skins in an alkaline bath, to separate the lime, oil, and glutinous matter, and render them soft and pliable, and fit for tanning.