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A beating wind
Beat Beat, v. i. 1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly. The men of the city . . . beat at the door. --Judges. xix. 22. 2. To move with pulsation or throbbing. A thousand hearts beat happily. --Byron. 3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do. Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. --Dryden. They [winds] beat at the crazy casement. --Longfellow. The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wisbed in himself to die. --Jonah iv. 8. Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers. --Bacon. 4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic] To still my beating mind. --Shak. 5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse. 6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat. 7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters. 8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison. A beating wind (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking in order to make progress. To beat about, to try to find; to search by various means or ways. --Addison. To beat about the bush, to approach a subject circuitously. To beat up and down (Hunting), to run first one way and then another; -- said of a stag. To beat up for recruits, to go diligently about in order to get helpers or participators in an enterprise.
A great gross
Gross Gross, n. [F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2). See Gross, a.] 1. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. ``The gross of the enemy.' --Addison. For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle. --Burke. 2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens. Advowson in gross (Law), an advowson belonging to a person, and not to a manor. A great gross, twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four dozen. By the gross, by the quantity; at wholesale. Common in gross. (Law) See under Common, n. In the gross, In gross, in the bulk, or the undivided whole; all parts taken together.
Ablaqueate
Ablaqueate Ab*la"que*ate, v. t. [L. ablaqueatus, p. p. of. ablaqueare; fr. ab + laqueus a noose.] To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Ablaqueation
Ablaqueation Ab*la`que*a"tion, n. [L. ablaqueatio.] The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
Achirus lineatus
Hogchoker Hog"chok`er, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.
Aculeate
Aculeate A*cu"le*ate, a. [L. aculeatus, fr. aculeus, dim. of acus needle.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle. 2. (Bot.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles. 3. Severe or stinging; incisive. [R.] --Bacon.
Aculeated
Aculeated A*cu"le*a`ted, a. Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
After-eatage
After-eatage Aft"er-eat`age, n. Aftergrass.
Aleatory
Aleatory A"le*a*to*ry, a. [L. aleatorius, fr. alea chance, die.] (Law) Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract. --Bouvier.
Alineation
Allineation Al*lin`e*a"tion, Alineation A*lin`e*a"tion, n. Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. --Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. --C. A. Young.
Alineation
Alineation A*lin`e*a"tion, n. See Allineation.
Allineate
Allineate Al*lin"e*ate, v. t. [L. ad + lineatus, p. p. of lineare to draw a line.] To align. [R.] --Herschel.
Allineation
Allineation Al*lin`e*a"tion, Alineation A*lin`e*a"tion, n. Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. --Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. --C. A. Young.
Alveated
Alveated Al"ve*a`ted, a. [L. alveatus hollowed out.] Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
Ambreate
Ambreate Am"bre*ate, n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.
Amphitheatric
Amphitheatric Am`phi*the*at"ric, Amphitheatrical Am`phi*the*at"ric*al, a. [L. amphitheatricus.] Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.
Amphitheatrical
Amphitheatric Am`phi*the*at"ric, Amphitheatrical Am`phi*the*at"ric*al, a. [L. amphitheatricus.] Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.
Amphitheatrically
Amphitheatrically Am`phi*the*at"ric*al*ly, adv. In the form or manner of an amphitheater.
Aneath
Aneath A*neath", prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + neath for beneath.] Beneath. [Scot.]
Animal heat
Animal An"i*mal, a. [Cf. F. animal.] 1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions. 2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites. 3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food. Animal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism. Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc. Animal flower (Zo["o]l.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature. Animal spirits. See under Spirit. Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers. Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms, and the principal classes under them, generally recognized at the present time:
Ant-eater
Ant-eater Ant"-eat`er, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.
Aureate
Aureate Au"re*ate, a. [L. aureatus, fr. aureus golden, fr. aurum gold.] Golden; gilded. --Skelton.
Australian ant-eater
Echidna E*chid"na, n. [L., a viper, adder, Gr. ?.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.
Aweather
Aweather A*weath"er, adv. [Pref. a- + weather.] (Naut.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather! --Totten.
B lineatus
Buzzard Buz"zard (b[u^]z"z[~e]rd), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera. Note: The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species (of which the most common are B. borealis, B. Pennsylvanicus, and B. lineatus) are usually called hen hawks. -- The rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe (Pernis apivorus) feeds on bees and their larv[ae], with other insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is Circus [ae]ruginosus. See Turkey buzzard, and Carrion buzzard. Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk. 2. A blockhead; a dunce. It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. --Goldsmith.
B lineatus
Hen Hen, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[ae]n; akin to D. hen, OHG. henna, G. henne, Icel. h?na, Dan. h["o]na; the fem. corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn, Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing, and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. Chanticleer.] (Zo["o]l.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen. Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen. Hen clam. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A clam of the Mactra, and allied genera; the sea clam or surf clam. See Surf clam. (b) A California clam of the genus Pachydesma. Hen driver. See Hen harrier (below). Hen harrier (Zo["o]l.), a hawk (Circus cyaneus), found in Europe and America; -- called also dove hawk, henharm, henharrow, hen driver, and usually, in America, marsh hawk. See Marsh hawk. Hen hawk (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of large hawks which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk (Buteo borealis), the red-shouldered hawk (B. lineatus), and the goshawk.
Baccalaureate
Baccalaureate Bac`ca*lau"re*ate, a. Pertaining to a bachelor of arts. Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class.
Baccalaureate sermon
Baccalaureate Bac`ca*lau"re*ate, a. Pertaining to a bachelor of arts. Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class.
Baked-meat
Bakemeat Bake"meat` (b[=a]k"m[=e]t`), Baked-meat Baked"-meat` (b[=a]kt"-), n. A pie; baked food. [Obs.] --Gen. xl. 17. --Shak.
Bakemeat
Bakemeat Bake"meat` (b[=a]k"m[=e]t`), Baked-meat Baked"-meat` (b[=a]kt"-), n. A pie; baked food. [Obs.] --Gen. xl. 17. --Shak.

Meaning of Eat from wikipedia

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