Definition of beat

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Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..

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Bang :: Bang (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it..
Lapstone :: Lapstone (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather..
Chronometer :: Chronometer (n.) A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc..
Hammer :: Hammer (v. t.) To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters..
Mauling :: Mauling (n.) A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist..
Throb :: Throb (n.) A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:.
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar..
Pulse :: Pulse (n.) The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries..
Eccoriate :: Eccoriate (v. t.) To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances..
Lathe :: Lathe (n.) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten..
Beater :: Beater (n.) One who, or that which, beats..
Beat :: Beat (imp.) of Bea.
Profligate :: Profligate (a.) Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
Towel :: Towel (v. t.) To beat with a stick.
Fainting :: Fainting (n.) Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak..
Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..
Bepommel :: Bepommel (v. t.) To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing..
Beat :: Beat (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse..
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