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Crossbeam :: Crossbeam (n.) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended..

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.

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..

Beam :: Beam (v. t.) To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light..

Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n..

Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams..

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

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

Strength :: Strength (n.) Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like..

Camber :: Camber (n.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback..

Sursanure :: Surroyal (n.) One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer.

Rider :: Rider (n.) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame..

Grillage :: Grillage (n.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.

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

Templet :: Templet (n.) A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure..

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

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.

Trimmer :: Trimmer (n.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header..

Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..

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