I would abate her nothing

Shak., Cymbeline, i. 5. decorative art , lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines. abatement (a-bat'ment), n. [ abatre , beat down: see abate , v.] 1. The act of abating, or the state of being abated; diminution, decrease, reduction, or mitigation: as, abatement of grief or pain.