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

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..

Sunday :: Sundart (n.) Sunbeam.

Radiant :: Radiant (a.) Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face..

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..

Beamingly :: Beamingly (adv.) In a beaming manner; radiantly.

Trimmer :: Trimmer (n.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header..

Mortise :: Mortise (v. t.) To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder..

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

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

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

Emicant :: Emicant (a.) Beaming forth; flashing.

Ploughfoot :: Ploughfoot (n.) An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow.

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

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

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..

Water Beech :: Water beech () The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.

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

Strappado :: Strappado (n.) A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated..

Binding :: Binding (pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel..

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