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To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.

A circular dance. Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. Milton.

The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter. The rubadub of the abolition presses. D. Webster.

A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle.

To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my heart with grief and run distracted Addison.

The beaten path made, by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.

eputation of a saint to (some one). A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been beatified, though never sainted. Addison. To saint it, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety. Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. Shak.

eged to attack the besiegers; a sortie. Sallies were made by the Spaniards, but they were beaten in with loss. Bacon.

Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.

An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crabeating seal.

To scare away, to drive away by frightening. -- To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang]

k. Scotched collops (Cookery), a dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin, or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments; -- called also Scotch collops. [Written also scotcht collops.]

Eggs of which the whites and yolks are stirred together while cooking, or eggs beaten slightly, often with a little milk, and stirred while cooking.

To beat or whip; to drub. [Old or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.

figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape. He beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman. Shak.

A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.

wel. If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in "bit" and "beat," "not" and "naught," we find that the short vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as well. Hence, originally short vowels can be lengthened and yet kept quite distinct from the origi…

er with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth. [Written also syllabub.]