/bee"teuhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing that beats.
2. an implement or device for beating something: a rug beater.
3. Hunting. a person who rouses or drives game from cover.
4. Papermaking. a machine for beating half-stuff to pulp by separating and shortening the fibers to produce a gelatinous mass.
5. Textiles. the reed.
6. Newfoundland. a young seal, usually a month to six weeks old, having completely or almost completely shed its initial white fur.
[ 1400-50; late ME better. See BEAT, -ER 1 ]