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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Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle..
Pulverize :: Pulverize (v. t.) To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued..
Apitpat :: Apitpat (adv.) With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.
Browbeating :: Browbeating (n.) The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions..
Recussion :: Recussion (n.) The act of beating or striking back.
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The act of battering or beating.
Shoder :: Shoder (n.) A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.
Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt..
Mauling :: Mauling (n.) A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist..
Pulsatile :: Pulsatile (a.) Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument..
Pulsation :: Pulsation (n.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse..
Saltation :: Saltation (n.) Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina..
Forge :: Forge (n.) The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies.
Beaten :: Beaten (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
Beating :: Beating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bea.
Flogger :: Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.
Plangency :: Plangency (n.) The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound.
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..
Battuta :: Battuta (n.) The measuring of time by beating.
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