[f. BEAT v. + -ING2.]
1. That strikes successive blows.
1718. Pope, Iliad, II. 383. Seiz’d by the beating wing.
2. Of wind, rain, etc.: That strikes violently, or batters; driving.
1702. Rowe, Tamerl., IV. i. 1576. To bear the beating Storm That roars around me.
1885. Cornh. Mag., July, 74. Chinese hat, suitable in case of beating rain or fierce sun.
3. Palpitating, throbbing.
1702. Rowe, Tamerl., III. i. 1039. My beating Heart Bounds with exulting motion.
1805. Wordsw., Prel., II. (1850), 34. Feverish with weary joints and beating minds.
1810. Southey, Kehama, XVII. ix. To meet with beating heart.
1850. Mrs. Browning, Poems, I. 301. The fever and the beating pain.
