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beating

beating is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
  2. 2.(Acoustics & Mus.) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.
  3. 3.(Naut.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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