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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Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
Trabeated :: Trabeated (a.) Furnished with an entablature.
Crabeater :: Crabeater (n.) The cobia.
Tremolo :: Tremolo (n.) A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; -- called also tremolant, and tremulant..
Ranger :: Ranger (n.) A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
Thresh :: Thresh (v. t.) To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw..
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..
Tewtaw :: Tewtaw (v. t.) To beat; to break, as flax or hemp..
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him..
Bastinado :: Bastinado (n.) A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet..
Sphygmometer :: Sphygmometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; a sphygmograph.
Manductor :: Manductor (n.) A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music..
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action..
Get :: Get (v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected..
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc..
Tew :: Tew (v.) To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw..
Gold-beaten :: Gold-beaten (a.) Gilded.
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.
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..
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