Definition of beat

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Beat (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat..

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Leather :: Leather (v. t.) To beat, as with a thong of leather..
Bandy :: Bandy (v. t.) To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy..
Unbeat :: Unbeat (v. t.) To deliver from the form or nature of a beast.
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drub.
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..
Beatification :: Beatification (n.) The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of the blessed, or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage in the process of canonization..
Mayonnaise :: Mayonnaise (n.) A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce..
Cover :: Cover (n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover..
Baste :: Baste (v. t.) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
Firk :: Firk (v. t.) To beat; to strike; to chastise.
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..
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..
Labor :: Labor (v. t.) To belabor; to beat.
General :: General (a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general..
Malleable :: Malleable (a.) Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals..
Stock :: Stock (n.) The beater of a fulling mill.
Mauling :: Mauling (n.) A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist..
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..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
Assembly :: Assembly (n.) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
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