Definition of beat

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Beat (n.) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament..

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Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his men or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person..
Sillabub :: Sillabub (n.) A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth..
Wap :: Wap (v. t. & i.) To beat; to whap.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
Tombac :: Tombac (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac..
Knuckle :: Knuckle (v. t.) To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.
Battering-ram :: Battering-ram (n.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.
Weather-beaten :: Weather-beaten (a.) Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.
Thresh :: Thresh (v. t.) To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well..
Dicrotism :: Dicrotism (n.) A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart.
Lam :: Lam (v. t.) To beat soundly; to thrash.
Time :: Time (v. i.) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
Flap :: Flap (n.) To beat with a flap; to strike.
Apitpat :: Apitpat (adv.) With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.
Trabeation :: Trabeation (n.) Same as Entablature.
Trim :: Trim (v. t.) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat..
Beatify :: Beatify (v. t.) To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.
Souffle :: Souffle (n.) A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina..
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