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Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat..

Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water..

Swinglebar :: Swingle (n.) A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand..

Drub :: Drub (v. t.) To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.

Loo :: Loo (v. t.) To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.

Suggillation :: Suggillate (v. t.) To beat livid, or black and blue..

Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game..

Pant :: Pant (v. i.) To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart..

Unbeat :: Unbeat (v. t.) To deliver from the form or nature of a beast.

Sphygmometer :: Sphygmometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; a sphygmograph.

Beaten :: Beaten (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.

Fob :: Fob (v.t.) To beat; to maul.

Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis..

Feaze :: Feaze (v. t.) To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry..

Eggnog :: Eggnog (n.) A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and (usually) wine or spirits..

Gamboge :: Gamboge (n.) A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic..

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

Polonaise :: Polonaise (n.) A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca..

Repercuss :: Repercuss (v. t.) To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate..

Beat :: Beat (n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit..

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