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

Clamp :: Clamp (n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams..

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

Spur :: Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut..

Beamless :: Beamless (a.) Not having a beam.

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..

Whitebeam :: Whitebeam (n.) The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); -- so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves..

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

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

Sursanure :: Surroyal (n.) One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer.

Beam :: Beam (n.) 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..

Nail :: Nail (n.) To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams..

Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building..

Beam :: Beam (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.

Beamlet :: Beamlet (n.) A small beam of light.

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports..

Templet :: Templet (n.) A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure..

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

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..

Effulge :: Effulge (v. t.) To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.

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