of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat

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1. 1. To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.
2. 2. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
3. 3. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
4. 4. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.
5. 5. To be in agitation or doubt.
6. 6. An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc.
7. 7. Rude; hard; harsh; severe.
8. 8. To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out.
9. 9. Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad.
10. 10. Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken.