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Tiebeam :: Tiebeam (n.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof..

Beamily :: Beamily (adv.) In a beaming manner.

Reach :: Reach (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam..

Collar :: Collar (n.) A collar beam.

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..

Beam :: Beam (n.) The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another..

Sunsquall :: Sunshiny (a.) Beaming with good spirits; cheerful.

Effulge :: Effulge (v. i.) To shine forth; to beam.

Sternsman :: Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel..

Quickbeam :: Quickbeam (n.) See Quicken tree.

Ram :: Ram (n.) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram..

Splendent :: Splendent (a.) Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4..

Effulge :: Effulge (v. t.) To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports..

Contignation :: Contignation (n.) The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric..

Beamed :: Beamed (imp. & p. p.) of Bea.

Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard..

Browpost :: Browpost (n.) A beam that goes across a building.

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

Beam :: Beam (v. i.) To emit beams of light.

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