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surbated

adjective

  1. Sore from extensive walking.

    obsolete

    VVhen you finde your Horſe to be Surbated, preſently clap into each of his fore-feete tvvo nevv layd Egges, and cruſh them therein, then upon the top of them lay good ſtore of Covv-dung, thus ſtop him, and in foure houres he vvill recover.

Where it comes from

. Compare French solbatu, Italian sobattuto.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry surbated (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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