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

Girder :: Girder (n.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double..

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

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..

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

Crossbeam :: Crossbeam (n.) A girder.

Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam..

Rider :: Rider (n.) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame..

Inbeaming :: Inbeaming (n.) Shining in.

Shore :: Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..

Effulgent :: Effulgent (a.) Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid.

Trestle :: Trestle (n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like..

Trave :: Trave (n.) A crossbeam; a lay of joists.

Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc..

Radiant :: Radiant (a.) Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun..

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

Effulge :: Effulge (v. i.) To shine forth; to beam.

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..

Reflect :: Reflect (v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams..

Ram :: Ram (n.) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram..

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