To shed rays of light upon; irradiate.
To shoot forth or emit, as or like beams or rays: as, to beam love upon a person.
To furnish or supply with beams; give the appearance of beams to.
In currying, to stretch on the beam, as a hide.
In weaving, to put on the beam, as a chain or web.
To emit beams or rays of light; shed or give out radiance, literally or figuratively; shine.
To burnish, as morocco leather, with a beaming-machine; also, in currying, to flesh or shave on the flesh side.
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In architecture, a long piece of stone, wood, or metal, or a construction of wood or metal, or combining wood and metal, used in a horizontal position, usually in combination with others like it, all being generally laid parallel to one another, and at regular intervals, to support weight, or, as a tie-beam or a collar-beam, to resist two opposite forces either pulling or compressing it in the direction of its length.
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A long piece fixed or movable in a structure, machine, or tool: often equivalent to girder.
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The pole of a carriage which runs between the horses.
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A cylindrical piece of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled as it is woven.
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The straight part or shank of an anchor.
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One of the strong transverse pieces of timber or iron stretching across a ship from one side to the other, to support the decks and retain the sides at their proper distance.
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The main piece of a plow, in which the plow-tails are fixed, and by which it is drawn.
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The oscillating lever of a steam-engine reciprocating upon a center, and forming the medium of communication between the piston-rod and the crank-shaft. Also called working-beam or walking-beam. See cut under atmospheric.
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The widest part of a ship's hull; the extreme breadth of a ship: from the beams extending quite across the vessel where it is broadest: as, a steamer of fifty feet beam.
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The main stem of a deer's horns bearing the snags or antlers. One of the snags themselves is sometimes called the beam-antler. See antler.
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A ray of light, or more strictly a collection of parallel rays of light, emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
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Figuratively, a ray or emanation of splendor: as, “beams of majesty,”
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Same as rood-beam.
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In lace-manuf., a tin drum of small diameter, varying in length with the width of the machine, upon which the yarn is wound.
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In currying, an inclined table or stand on which the skin is placed while it is beamed or scraped.