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Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n..

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

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

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

Spurred :: Spur (n.) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.

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

Rayon :: Rayon (n.) Ray; beam.

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..

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..

Weighbeam :: Weighbeam (n.) A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.

Sunday :: Sundart (n.) Sunbeam.

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

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

Span :: Span (v. t.) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports..

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..

Beambird :: Beambird (n.) A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building..

Effluent :: Effluent (a.) Flowing out; as, effluent beams..

Ancone :: Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter..

Flitch :: Flitch (n.) One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam..

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

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