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Quicken Tree :: Quicken tree () The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree..

Resiliency :: Resiliency (n.) The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain..

Hersillon :: Hersillon (n.) A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable..

Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..

Beam :: Beam (n.) The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another..

Orlop :: Orlop (n.) The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled..

Beam :: Beam (n.) The pole of a carriage.

Sunbird :: Sunbeam (n.) A beam or ray of the sun.

Beamy :: Beamy (a.) Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.

Floor :: Floor (n.) The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2..

Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams..

Beamy :: Beamy (a.) Having horns, or antlers..

Gleamy :: Gleamy (a.) Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating.

Strong :: Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town..

Radiation :: Radiation (n.) The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness..

Corona :: Corona (n.) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle..

Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.

Torsel :: Torsel (n.) A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.

Gleam :: Gleam (n.) A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.

Crosshead :: Crosshead (n.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead..

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