lee-beam

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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. ...

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• beam

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

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• Lee

  ·vi To <<Lie>>; to speak falsely. II. Lee ·noun That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipb...

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• lee

  calm, under the wind, shelter. S. ...

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• lee

  From the Scandinavian word lœ or laa, the sea; it is the side opposite to that from which the wind i...

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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-ends

  A ship is said to be on her beam-ends when she has heeled over so much on one side that her beams ap...

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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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• 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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• Lee, Nathaniel

  (1653?-1692) Dramatist, s. of a clergyman at Hatfield, was ed. at Westminster School and Camb. Afte...

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• Lee, Harriet

  See Lee, Sophia ...

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• Lee, Sophia

  (1750-1824), Lee, Harriet (1757-1851) Novelists and dramatists, dau. of John L., an actor, were the...

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• Lee, Sidney

  D.Litt., LL.D. (b. 1859) Ed. of The Dictionary of National Biography (with Sir L. Stephen), Stratf...

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• a-lee

  The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...

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• lee-anchor

  The leeward one, if under weigh; or that to leeward to which a ship, when moored, is riding. ...

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• lee-boards

  Wooden wings or strong frames of plank affixed to the sides of flat-bottomed vessels, such as Dutch ...

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• lee-fang

  A rope rove through the cringle of a sail, for hauling in, so as to lace on a bonnet. ...

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• lee-fange

  The iron bar upon which the sheets of fore-and-aft sails traverse, in small vessels. (See horse.) ...

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• lee-gauge

  Implies being farther from the point whence the wind blows, than another vessel in company. ...

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• lee-hitch

  The helmsman getting to leeward of the course. ...

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• lee-lurches

  The sudden and violent rolls which a ship often takes to leeward when a large wave strikes her on th...

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• lee-shore

  A ship is said to be on a lee-shore, when she is near it, with the wind blowing right on to it. ...

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• lee-side

  All that part of a ship or boat which lies between the mast and the side farthest from the wind, the...

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• lee-tide

  A tide running in the same direction as the wind, and forcing a ship to leeward of the line upon whi...

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• lee-way

  What a vessel loses by drifting to leeward in her course. When she is sailing close-hauled in a smoo...

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• lee-wheel

  The assistant to the helmsman. ...

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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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• by the lee

  The situation of a vessel going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her...

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• hard-a-lee

  The situation of the tiller when it brings the rudder hard over to windward. Strictly speaking, it o...

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• lee-gunwale under

  A colloquial phrase for being sorely over-pressed, by canvas or other cause. ...

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• luff a-lee

  See luff round ...

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• under the lee

  Sheltered from the wind by some intervening object, as a ship under the lee of the land. ...

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• beam of the anchor

  Synonymous with anchor-stock. ...

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• angle of lee-way

  The difference between the apparent compass-course and the true one arising from lateral pressure an...

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• brought by the lee

  See bring by the lee, to. ...

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• make lee-way, to

  To drift to leeward of the course. ...

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• bring by the lee, to

  To incline so rapidly to leeward of the course when the ship sails large, or nearly before the wind,...

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• lee-hatch, take care of the!

  A word of caution to the helmsman, not to let the ship fall to leeward of her course. ...

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• lee-side of the quarter-deck

  Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...

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