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Definition of Beat about
1. Verb. Search anxiously.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beat About
Literary usage of Beat about
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"At the same time, the fore-topsail beat about the yard with so much fury, that
it was soon blown to pieces ; and that we might have full employment, ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1870)
"ceased to beat about four minutes after respiration ceased. Dead in forty-four
minutes and fifteen seconds. Death was rather later in this case than usual ..."
3. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1807)
"... very little better than a canter rate, and were all nearly together at the
Distance- Post, except Mr. Harrison's Trum- pator colt, who was beat about a ..."
4. The Bank of Faith and Works United by Dorothy Ripley (1819)
"... my God," My pulse beat about, and breath at His Word; His arms stood wide
open, for sinners like me, This word I heard spoken, " Christ died for thee ! ..."
5. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1871)
"47s.; at eight years old, on the same course, she was beat about two lengths by
Arietta, in two miles, run in 3m. 44s.; at five years old, she ran a second ..."
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