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Rebalk, -bawk, -ba(i)k, Rabak, v. [Only Sc., of obscure origin.] tr. To abuse or revile; to reproach. c1450-2 Howlat 915 (A).
All birdis he rebalkit, that wald him nocht bowe 1501 Prestwick B. Rec. 36.
Cuthbert Myller accusit Alexander George, that he wrangwisly rebalkit him & drew a knyf tilhim 1527 Ib. 52.
Quhat suld be doin [pr. dom] for rabakin the ourisman & balȝeis behynd thar bakis 1535 Stewart 22671.
The Britis all richt bitterlie and bald Rebalkit him … Of tha wordis that he said Ib. 31905.
Wes … mony agit man Quhilk disassentit … And for that caus … Tha war rebawkit in the tyme and blamit a1578 Pitsc. II 83/7.
Everie ane of thame rebakit ane wther witht ewill dispossit wordis 1596 Dalr. I 139/2.
Silius, quha befor sa vncourteouslie had rebaikit Reuther with sa rude, rasche, and rouch wordes Ib. II 7/22.
Quhen now [they] … hard King Robert amang thame sa sair rebaket and blaspheimet [etc.]