beating engine

1. Paper Manuf .: An engine for cutting rags to pieces that they may be converted into pulp. It consists of two concentric cylinders, the outer one hollow, each armed with knives to operate as they revolve. 2. Cotton Manuf.: The same as BEATING MACHINE (q. v.). beating-machine, s. Cotton Manuf.: A machine for opening, loosening, and cleaning cotton from dust or other rubbish before commencing to operate upon it. It is called also a scutcher , a willower, an opener, a wolf , and a devil. (Knight's Dict. of Mechanics .) IMG:content-1172.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1173.png:[blocks in formation] .. then my spirit was entranced With joy exalted to beatitude ." Words worth: Excursion , bk. iv. 2. Theology: The nine intimations in the Sermon on the Mount, each of which begins with the words "Ble ed are." (Matt. v.). the beatitudes must not be parallelised with the ble ings which, along with the curses, accompanied the legislation of Sinai." Tholuck : Sermon on the Mount , Transl. by Menzies, vol. 1, p. 78. Bě-ā-trix, s. [Low Latin, from Cla ical Lat. beata , fem. of beatus = happy; beo = to ble .] An asteroid, the 83rd found. It was discovered by De Gas paris, at Naples, on April 26, 1865.