Synonymous with crow-foot (which see).
·noun A branch of a tree. II. Arm ·noun Anything resembling an arm. III. Arm ·noun An inlet of wat...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Used to denote power (Ps. 10:15; Ezek. 30:21; Jer. 48:25). It is also used of the omnipotence of God...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A deep and comparatively narrow inlet of the sea. That part of an anchor on which the palm is shut. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The pole of a carriage. II. Beam ·vi To emit beams of light. III. Beam ·noun Fig.: A ray; a ...
Occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. 17:7, it means ...
1) (The King's or Great) Used for weighing heavy goods, "avoirs du pois" (Cal. L. Bk. A. p. 191), i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
To beam a tub, is to put water into it, to stop the leaking by swelling the wood. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A long double stratum of murky clouds generally observed over the surface of the Mediterranean previ...
·adj Great as a man's arm. ...
·adj Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. ·see <<Overhard>>. ...
·vt To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself. ...
·adj Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. ...
·adj Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the ...
A lame arm. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
For this curved timber, see fork-beams. ...
A portable locker on the upper deck or tops for holding arms, and affording a ready supply of cutlas...
A frame or fitting for the stowage of arms (usually vertical) out of harm's way, but in readiness fo...
That part of a yard outside the quarter, which is on either side of the mast beyond the battens, whe...
·- A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. ...
·noun A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not...
A ship is said to be on her beam-ends when she has heeled over so much on one side that her beams ap...
Short lengths of wood cut to fit in between the beams to complete the cargo of a timber ship. ...
A line raised along the inside of the ship fore and aft, showing the upper sides of the beams at her...
This, called also the beak-head beam, is the broadest beam in the ship, and is generally made of two...
The beam upon which the stanchions of the beak-head bulk-head stand. ...
A strut or abutment. ...
On the lee-side of the ship, at right angles with the keel. ...
In a steamer, a fore-and-aft beam for connecting the two paddle-beams, and supporting the outer end ...
A direction at right angles with the keel, on the weather side of the ship. ...
The situation of two ships lying alongside one another, so near that their yard-arms nearly touch ea...
One by which a number of charges, previously inserted, may be fired off in rapid succession, or afte...
Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...
Wooden wedges fixed on the yards at those points where they support the lifts and braces, and where ...
An octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. It is one-third the length...
For this important timber see cat-beam. ...
See before the beam ...
The bearing of any object which is before or abaft a right line to the keel, at the midship section ...
The same as lodging-knees. ...
Implies any distance from a ship on a line with her beams, or at right angles with the keel. ...
Synonymous with anchor-stock. ...
A marine punishment unknown, except by name, in the British navy; but formerly inflicted by the Fren...