Definition of beating

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Beating (n.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.

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Verberation :: Verberation (n.) The act of verberating; a beating or striking.
Braid :: Braid (v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations..
Rataplan :: Rataplan (n.) The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse..
Batfowling :: Batfowling (n.) A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise..
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance..
Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch..
Beating :: Beating (n.) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.
Battue :: Battue (v. t.) The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game..
Tact :: Tact (n.) The stroke in beating time.
Beaten :: Beaten (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
Washerwoman :: Washerwoman (n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.
Rivet :: Rivet (n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends..
Pulse :: Pulse (n.) The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries..
Flagellation :: Flagellation (n.) A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging.
Beating :: Beating (n.) Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart..
Curry :: Curry (v. t.) To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather..
Shoder :: Shoder (n.) A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.
Mash :: Mash (v. t.) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort..
Mash :: Mash (n.) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort..
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc..
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