beatax (betaks)

[E. dial., also bidax, bidix; beaten (bē'tn), p. a. [ This work of the candlesticks was of beaten gold. IMG:content-1814.png:[blocks in formation] 4. Exhausted; worn out. - 5. Baffled, as by the difficulty of a task, intellectual or physical. - Beaten work. (a) Metal shaped by being hammered on an anvil or a block of the requisite form. Hand-made ve els of metal, especially those of rounded form, are commonly shaped by this proce . (b) Repou é work. See repou é.