1a. (a) Prepared, ready; (b) prepared or ready (to do sth.); (c) redi to, prepared or ready for (sb. or sth.); also, ready to perform (sth.) [quot.: a1425]; redi for (til, unto), prepared for (sth.)……

(a) The action of striking; beating [a few quots. in (a) may belong to (d)]; (b) the action of the beating of waves, the shaking of a sieve, the playing of a musical instrument, the plucking of a……