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Stream :: Stream (n.) A beam or ray of light.

Beamlet :: Beamlet (n.) A small beam of light.

Beam :: Beam (n.) The pole of a carriage.

Colter :: Colter (n.) A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard..

"dormant :: Dormant (a.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or sleep..

Beam :: Beam (n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.

Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.

Shape :: Shape (n.) A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar..

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

Beamless :: Beamless (a.) Not emitting light.

Beamful :: Beamful (a.) Beamy; radiant.

Sparpiece :: Sparpiece (n.) The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece.

Dart :: Dart (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams..

Trestle :: Trestle (n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like..

Sheth :: Sheth (n.) The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

Abeam :: Abeam (adv.) On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side..

Gleamy :: Gleamy (a.) Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating.

Carling :: Carling (n.) A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl..

Cross-spall :: Cross-spall (n.) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl..

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