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Definition of Beater

1. Noun. A worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter.

Definition of Beater

1. n. One who, or that which, beats.

Definition of Beater

1. Noun. Someone or something that beats. ¹

2. Noun. A kitchen implement for mixing. ¹

3. Noun. A stick used to play a percussion instrument. ¹

4. Noun. A man who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, often working in a group. ¹

5. Noun. A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength ¹

6. Noun. (US informal) An automobile in poor operating condition. ¹

7. Noun. (US informal) A sleeveless undershirt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beater

1. one that beats [n -S] - See also: beats

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beater

Literary usage of Beater

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"Mr. Browe beater. Oh, I suppose you are too drunk to remember P You know you ... Cross-examined by Mr. Browe beater. She had never been a Respondent in the ..."

2. The Book of the Farm by Henry Stephens (1852)
"If not properly applied, the ash beater will very soon separate into thin plates, which are portions ofthe concentric layers of the wood, ..."

3. Chapters on Papermaking by Clayton Beadle (1908)
"The rolls in the 7-cwt. beater make 140 revolutions per minute, their diameter being 4 ft. ... beater Trial. Each engine was furnished with 50 per cent, ..."

4. A Cotton Fabrics Glossary by Frank P. Bennett, & Co (1914)
"of beater to one revolution per 3 if a three-bladed beater is used), ... Multiply rev- suppose that the beater made 197.5 olutions per minute of beater by 2 ..."

5. School and Home Cooking by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer (1920)
"With a Dover egg beater or wire spoon beat it thoroughly. What is the approximate increase in quantity? What has been beaten into the egg? ..."

6. Transactions by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, Institution of Public Health Engineers (Great Britain) (1888)
"4, 6, 9, 10 have the preparer and one twenty-four inch beater attached to ... 16, 17, 18 have the flexible whip beater, attached to the breaker picker by a ..."

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