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Stream :: Stream (n.) A beam or ray of light.

Moonbeam :: Moonbeam (n.) A ray of light from the moon.

Sunsquall :: Sunshiny (a.) Beaming with good spirits; cheerful.

Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard..

Eradiate :: Eradiate (v. i.) To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate..

Large :: Large (superl.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter..

Beam Tree :: Beam tree () A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.

Beam :: Beam (v. i.) To emit beams of light.

Colter :: Colter (n.) A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard..

Madrier :: Madrier (n.) A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.

Knife-edge :: Knife-edge (n.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction..

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

Trawl :: Trawl (n.) A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom..

Beam :: Beam (n.) Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort..

Herisson :: Herisson (n.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage..

Dart :: Dart (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams..

Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything..

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

Strain :: Strain (a.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it..

Stringer :: Stringer (n.) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.

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