Definition of beating

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Beating (n.) Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart..

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Hurl :: Hurl (n.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
Saltation :: Saltation (n.) Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery..
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc..
Beating :: Beating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bea.
Braid :: Braid (v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument..
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance..
Flagellation :: Flagellation (n.) A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging.
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina..
Battue :: Battue (v. t.) The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game..
Excerebration :: Excerebration (n.) The act of removing or beating out the brains.
Throb :: Throb (n.) A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:.
Palpitation :: Palpitation (n.) A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease..
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..
Vapulation :: Vapulation (n.) The act of beating or whipping.
Contusion :: Contusion (n.) The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised..
Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.
Malleable :: Malleable (a.) Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals..
Hammer :: Hammer (v. t.) To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
Pounding :: Pounding (n.) The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating..
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