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Sparpiece :: Sparpiece (n.) The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece.

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..

Beamy :: Beamy (a.) Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining.

King-post :: King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post..

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

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

Quartering :: Quartering (a.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object..

Embeam :: Embeam (v. t.) To make brilliant with beams.

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

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

Shine :: Shine (v. i.) To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night..

Browpost :: Browpost (n.) A beam that goes across a building.

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

Sunday :: Sundart (n.) Sunbeam.

Torsel :: Torsel (n.) A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.

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

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.

Hardbeam :: Hardbeam (n.) A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture; hornbeam..

Dispread :: Dispread (v. t.) To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams..

Contignation :: Contignation (n.) The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric..

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