Category:Regrate

Re*grate" (r*grt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Regrating.] Etym: [f. regratter, literally, to scrape again. See re-, And grate, v. t.]

1. (masonry)

Defn: to remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as To give it a fresh appearance.

2. To offend; to shock. [obs.] Derham.

Regrate Re*grate", v. t. Etym: [f. regratter to regrate provisions; of Uncertain origin.] (eng.Law)

Defn: to buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a Market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or Near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was Formerly treated as a public offense.