And a letter vnto Asaph the keeper of the kings forrest, that he may giue me timber to makebeames for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the Citie, and for the house that I shall enter into: And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God vpon me.
Lucie opened the door: and what do you think there was inside the hill?—a nice clean kitchen with a flagged floor and woodenbeams—just like any other farm kitchen.
1805 Alexander Tilloch. Account of a terrible Hurricane in the West Indies 1804. Philosophical Magazine. Vol. XXI. P. 14
Capt. King, from Demarara, wasinvaded by thegale on the evening of the 6th, in lat. 21° 51', and his vessel was thrown on herbeam ends. He was forced to cut away hermain-mast. Lost a man, who was washed overboard. . . . Capt. Mood, on a voyage from Alexandria (Virginia), to St. Mary's (Georgia), was, on the night of the 7th, in the Gulf Stream, to the eastward of Charlston: the wind there was east-north-east, and so hard as to throw his vessel on herbeam ends. She lay several hours in thissituation. Several of his crew were washed overboard.
1808 Richard Hall Gower. On the Theory and Practice of Seamanship.
It often happens that by a suddensquall of wind a vessel is thrown over upon herbeam ends, without a prospect ofrecovering hererect while she remains upon the sametack, thereforeattempts are made toveer her; but as therudder lies along the surface of the water it becomes useless, and as the sails are either blown from theyards, or becomeunmanageable,recourse is had to cutting away the main-mast andmizen-mast, that the ship may veer under the fore-mast:-a most desperateexpedient, particularly if the ship is far distant from port!
(nautical) The maximum width of avessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 footabeam).
As the vessel passes a landmark, the landmark is said to beabeam. Once the vessel has passed the landmark, it fallsabaft thebeam, then it gradually fallsastern.
(mechanical) Insteam engines, a heavy ironlever having anoscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with thepiston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with thecrank of the wheelshaft.
(agricultural) The central bar of aplow, to which thehandles andcolter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
(physics) Aray orcollection of approximately parallelrays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and herbeam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.
2011 September 22, Nick Collins, “Speed of light 'broken' by scientists”, inDaily Telegraph[1]:
A total of 15,000beams of neutrinos were fired over a period of 3 years from CERN towards Gran Sassoin Italy, 730km (500 miles) away, where they were picked up by giant detectors.
(anatomical,informal) The principal stem of theantler of a deer.
a 1700,André Dacier,John Dryden, “Life of Alexander”, inPlutarch's Lives, translation of original by Plutarch:
Soon after this be subdued thePisidians who made head against him, and conquered thePhrygians, at whose chief cityGordium (which is said to have been the seat of the ancientMidas) he saw the famous chariot fastened with cords made of the bark of theCornel-Tree, and was informed that the inhabitants had a constant tradition, that the empire of the world was reserved for him who should untie the knot. Most are of opinion, thatAlexander finding that he could not untie it, because the ends of it were secretly folded up within it, cut it asunder with his sword, so that several ends appeared. ButAristobulus tells us that he very easily undid it, by only pulling the pin out of thebeam which fastened the yoke to it, and afterwards drawing out the yoke itself.
(textiles) Acylinder ofwood, making part of aloom, on which weavers wind thewarp beforeweaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
Worthless and lost our offerings seem, / Drops in the ocean of his praise; / But Mercy with her genialbeam / Is ripening them to pearly blaze, / To sparkle in His crown above, / Who welcomes here a child's as there an angel's love.
(music) A horizontal bar which connects thestems of two or morenotes to group them and to indicatemetric value.
(railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
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