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  • English Word Beakhead Definition A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.
  • English Word Beakhead Definition Same as Beak, 3.
  • English Word Beakiron Definition A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil.
  • English Word Beal Definition To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple.
  • English Word Bealed Definition of Beal
  • English Word Bealing Definition of Beal
  • English Word Beam Definition Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
  • English Word Beam Definition One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
  • English Word Beam Definition The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.
  • English Word Beam Definition The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
  • English Word Beam Definition The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.
  • English Word Beam Definition The pole of a carriage.
  • English Word Beam Definition A cylinder 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; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.
  • English Word Beam Definition The straight part or shank of an anchor.
  • English Word Beam Definition The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
  • English Word Beam Definition A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam.
  • English Word Beam Definition A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
  • English Word Beam Definition Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
  • English Word Beam Definition One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
  • English Word Beam Definition To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.
  • English Word Beam Definition To emit beams of light.
  • English Word Beam tree Definition A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.
  • English Word Beambird Definition A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.
  • English Word Beamed Definition of Beam
  • English Word Beamed Definition Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.
  • English Word Beamful Definition Beamy; radiant.
  • English Word Beamily Definition In a beaming manner.
  • English Word Beaminess Definition The state of being beamy.
  • English Word Beaming Definition of Beam
  • English Word Beaming Definition Emitting beams; radiant.