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Bate may refer to:
Places
- Baté Empire, a pre-colonial state in what is today Guinea
- Bate Islands, Nunavut, Canada
- Bate, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso
- Bate, Nova Gorica, a village in the Municipality of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
- Baté, a village in Hungary
Other uses
- Bate (surname)
- In falconry, to bate is, for a falconry bird tethered by the jesses, to attempt to fly; a bird hanging from the jesses is said to be "in a bate"
- In colloquial and especially schoolboy usage, a bate is a rage; an angry child may be "in a bate" or "batey" (presumably derived from falconry).
- In tannery, bate is a substance, often made from fermented animal dung, used to remove hair and the outer protein layer from the hide. Using it is called "bating".
- FC BATE Borisov, a top Belarusian football club
See also
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