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  • Beating Retreat — or Beating the Retreat is a military ceremony dating back to 16th century England and was first used in order to recall nearby patrolling units to their castle. HistoryOriginally it was known as watch setting and was initiated at sunset by the… …   Wikipedia

  • Beating the bounds — is an ancient custom still observed in many English parishes. The community would walk the boundaries of the parish, to share the knowledge of where they lay, and to pray for protection and blessings for the lands.CeremonyIn former times when… …   Wikipedia

  • Beating — can mean: *Beating, a Sailing term for making headway against the wind. *Beating up: hitting several or many times causing much bruising. **This is its usual meaning when it is a noun with a number or article, e.g. a beating . *Or see battery… …   Wikipedia

  • Beating up — may refer to: * Systematic punching many times, or hitting with a blunt instrument, to enforce an order, inflict punishment, prevent the victim from resisting for a while, or release anger. Often two or more men take part, sometimes ith one or… …   Wikipedia

  • Beating Heart (TV series) — Beating Heart DVD cover Format Omnibus drama, miniseries Starring Bae Jong ok Kim Chang wan …   Wikipedia

  • beating a dead horse — (USA) If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, they re beating a dead horse. This is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no one supports anymore; beating a dead… …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Beating Heart — (Ле Ман,Франция) Категория отеля: Адрес: 47 rue des Ponts Neufs, 72000 Ле Ман, Франци …   Каталог отелей

  • Beating — Beat ing, n. 1. The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows. [1913 Webster] 2. Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart. [1913 Webster] 3. (Acoustics & Mus.) Pulsative sounds. See {Beat}, n. [1913 Webster] 4 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Beating a dead horse — is an idiom that means a particular request or line of conversation is already foreclosed or otherwise resolved, and any attempt to continue it is futile. In British English and Australian English, the phrase is usually expressed as flogging a… …   Wikipedia

  • beating the bounds — [beating the bounds] an old custom, still kept in some parts of Britain, of marking the boundaries of a church ↑parish by marching round them and hitting the ground, or certain boundary marks, with long sticks. The ceremony is performed once a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • beating — index battery, defeat, failure (lack of success) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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