beam-ends

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• Beam

  ·noun The pole of a carriage. II. Beam ·vi To emit beams of light. III. Beam ·noun Fig.: A ray; a ...

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• Beam

  Occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. 17:7, it means ...

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• Beam

  1) (The King's or Great) Used for weighing heavy goods, "avoirs du pois" (Cal. L. Bk. A. p. 191), i...

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• beam

  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

• beam

  A long double stratum of murky clouds generally observed over the surface of the Mediterranean previ...

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• hinder-ends

  the sweepings of a barn after win-nowing. North. See hearken. ...

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• tail-ends

  the refuse of wheat or other corn, not saleable in the market, but kept by farmers for their own con...

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• deal-ends

  Applied to deal-planks when under 6 feet in length. ...

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• hood-ends

  The ends of the planks which fit into the rabbets of the stem and stern posts. ...

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• windlass-ends

  Two pieces which continue the windlass outside the bitt-heads. ...

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• wood-ends

  See hood-ends. ...

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• Beam tree

  ·- A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. ...

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• Hammer-beam

  ·noun A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not...

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• beam-arm

  Synonymous with crow-foot (which see). ...

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• beam-fillings

  Short lengths of wood cut to fit in between the beams to complete the cargo of a timber ship. ...

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• beam-line

  A line raised along the inside of the ship fore and aft, showing the upper sides of the beams at her...

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• cat-beam

  This, called also the beak-head beam, is the broadest beam in the ship, and is generally made of two...

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• collar-beam

  The beam upon which the stanchions of the beak-head bulk-head stand. ...

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• dragon beam or piece

  A strut or abutment. ...

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• lee-beam

  On the lee-side of the ship, at right angles with the keel. ...

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• spring-beam

  In a steamer, a fore-and-aft beam for connecting the two paddle-beams, and supporting the outer end ...

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• weather-beam

  A direction at right angles with the keel, on the weather side of the ship. ...

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• beak-head beam

  For this important timber see cat-beam. ...

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• abaft the beam

  See before the beam ...

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• before or abaft the beam

  The bearing of any object which is before or abaft a right line to the keel, at the midship section ...

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• deck-beam knees

  The same as lodging-knees. ...

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• on the beam

  Implies any distance from a ship on a line with her beams, or at right angles with the keel. ...

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• blocked at both ends

  Finished. The game is blocked at both ends; the game is ended. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• beam of the anchor

  Synonymous with anchor-stock. ...

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