Definition of beat

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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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Van :: Van (n.) A wing with which the air is beaten.
Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..
Pitapat :: Pitapat (adv.) In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.
Flap :: Flap (v. i.) To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
Crab :: Crab (v. t.) To beat with a crabstick.
Gold-beaten :: Gold-beaten (a.) Gilded.
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..
Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance..
Chalybeate :: Chalybeate (a.) Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
Measure :: Measure (n.) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats..
Pulsation :: Pulsation (n.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse..
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) To beat with a heavy mallet.
Pathless :: Pathless (a.) Having no beaten path or way; untrodden; impenetrable; as, pathless woods..
Foliature :: Foliature (n.) The state of being beaten into foil.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat..
Truncheon :: Truncheon (v. t.) To beat with a truncheon.
Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch..
Benison :: Benison (n.) Blessing; beatitude; benediction.
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