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Search phrase: dry-beat

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Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.263By heaven, all dry-beaten with pure scoff!By heauen, all drie beaten with pure scoffe.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.i.78shall use me hereafter, dry-beat the rest of the eight.shall vse me hereafter dry beate the rest of the eight.
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.v.122Then have at you with my wit! I will dry-beat youThen haue at you with my wit. / I will drie-beate you

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dry-beatcudgel, thrash, beat soundly
dry-beatenbruised, soundly beaten

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BEATACTIONdry-beat v, dry-beaten adj
DRYACTIONdry-beat v, dry-beaten adj

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