the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing | travel by walking |
a stroke or blow | any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates |
a regular rate of repetition | the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings |
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music | lowest support of a structure |
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | a support resembling a pedal extremity |
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint |
the sound of stroke or blow | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
a regular route for a sentry or policeman | an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot |
a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior | the lower part of anything |
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations | a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger |
| a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard |