Short lengths of wood cut to fit in between the beams to complete the cargo of a timber ship.
Fir fayed in between the chocks of the head, and wherever solidity is required, as making the curve ...
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 ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. 17:7, it means ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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...
·- 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...
Synonymous with crow-foot (which see). ...
A ship is said to be on her beam-ends when she has heeled over so much on one side that her beams ap...
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. ...
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. ...