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Beat of drum

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(Mil.) a succession of strokes varied, in different ways, for particular purposes, as to regulate a march, to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to direct an attack, or retreat, etc.

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Our friend Charley, after disturbing the household with beat of drum and riotous shouts, races up and down the staircase, overturning of chairs, and much other uproar, began to feel the quiet and confinement within doors intolerable.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Early in the morning, the plunder still going on, General Baird announced publicly by beat of drum, that any thief detected in the fact, be he whom he might, should be hung.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
They rallied handsomely, and that without beat of drum, which is no easy thing to do under fire, and were very steady till he fell.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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