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A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.

A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or ra…

To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to…

To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, on…

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…

To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.

Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in whic…

To strike; to thump; to pound.

To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.

A unit of measure for dynamical effect or work; a foot pound. See Foot pound.

The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimete…

To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by…

A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of on…

To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; als…

The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general.

The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the…