BEATING

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

2.
n.

Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.

3.
n.

Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.

4.
n.

The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.


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