Definition of beating

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Beating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bea.

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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..
Tew :: Tew (v.) To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw..
Spread :: Spread (v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty..
Rivet :: Rivet (v. t.) To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head..
Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt..
Beating :: Beating (n.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.
Recussion :: Recussion (n.) The act of beating or striking back.
Rivet :: Rivet (n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends..
Apitpat :: Apitpat (adv.) With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.
Beaten :: Beaten (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
Drumming :: Drumming (n.) The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides..
Curry :: Curry (v. t.) To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina..
Pulsatile :: Pulsatile (a.) Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument..
Braid :: Braid (v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations..
Arsis :: Arsis (n.) The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis..
Batlet :: Batlet (n.) A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff..
Pulse :: Pulse (n.) The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries..
Pulsative :: Pulsative (a.) Beating; throbbing.
Battuta :: Battuta (n.) The measuring of time by beating.
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