Definition of beat

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Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8..

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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..
Hurl :: Hurl (n.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
Drum :: Drum (n.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march..
Tew :: Tew (v.) To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw..
Bastinado :: Bastinado (v. t.) To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet..
Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail..
Recussion :: Recussion (n.) The act of beating or striking back.
Beaten :: Beaten (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
Malleation :: Malleation (n.) The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating..
Flogger :: Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.
Batlet :: Batlet (n.) A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff..
Track :: Track (n.) A road; a beaten path.
Clapcake :: Clapcake (n.) Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) The beat of a drum.
Jacket :: Jacket (v. t.) To thrash; to beat.
Maul :: Maul (v. t.) To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) To beat with a heavy mallet.
Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge..
Launder :: Launder (n.) A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore..
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