Beam (n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. |
Beam (n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship. |
Beam (n.) The width of a vessel |
Beam (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. |
Beam (n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches. |
Beam (n.) The pole of a carriage. |
Beam (n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving |
Beam (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor. |
Beam (n.) The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it. |
Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft |
Beam (n.) A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body |
Beam (n.) Fig.: A ray |
Beam (n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk |
Beam (v. t.) To send forth |
Beam (v. i.) To emit beams of light. |
Beam tree () A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. |
Hammer-beam (n.) A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam. |
Tilt (n.) A covering overhead |
Tilt (n.) The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon. |
Tilt (n.) A cloth cover of a boat |
Tilt (v. t.) To cover with a tilt, or awning. |
Tilt (v. t.) To incline |
Tilt (v. t.) To point or thrust, as a lance. |
Tilt (v. t.) To point or thrust a weapon at. |
Tilt (v. t.) To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer |
Tilt (v. i.) To run or ride, and thrust with a lance |
Tilt (v. i.) To lean |
Tilt (n.) A thrust, as with a lance. |
Tilt (n.) A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances |
Tilt (n.) See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary. |
Tilt (n.) Inclination forward |
Tilt hammer () A tilted hammer |
Tilt-mill (n.) A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on. |
Tilt-up (n.) Same as Tip-up. |
Tilt-yard (n.) A yard or place for tilting. |
rock careen sway tilt | pitching dangerously to one side |
balance beam beam | a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts |
beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction |
beam | the broad side of a ship, they sighted land on the port beam |
beam balance | a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm |
box beam box girder | a beam built up from boards, has a hollow rectangular cross section |
I-beam | girder having a cross section resembling the letter `I' |
steelyard lever scale beam scale | a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length |
tie tie beam | a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating, he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam |
tilt-top table tip-top table tip table | a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position |
tilt list inclination lean leaning | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical, the tower had a pronounced tilt, the ship developed a list to starboard, he walked with a heavy inclination to the right |
beam | (nautical) breadth amidships |
tilt | a slight but noticeable partiality, the court's tilt toward conservative rulings |
radio beam beam | a signal transmitted along a narrow path, guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather |
controversy contention contestation disputation disceptation tilt argument arguing | a contentious speech act, a dispute where there is strong disagreement, they were involved in a violent argument |
joust tilt | a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances |
beam-ends | (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel, on her beam-ends means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical |
beam beam of light light beam ray ray of light shaft shaft of light irradiation | a column of light (as from a beacon) |
beam ray electron beam | a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation |
high beam | the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination |
laser beam | a beam of light generated by a laser |
low beam | the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance |
particle beam | a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules) |
ion beam ionic beam | a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed |
tilt angle | the angle a rocket makes with the vertical as it curves along its trajectory |
beam | smile radiantly, express joy through one's facial expression |
air send broadcast beam transmit | broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television, We cannot air this X-rated song |
beam | express with a beaming face or smile, he beamed his approval |
tilt | charge with a tilt |
glow beam radiate shine | experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion, She was beaming with joy, Her face radiated with happiness |
cant cant over tilt slant pitch | heel over, The tower is tilting, The ceiling is slanting |
careen wobble shift tilt | move sideways or in an unsteady way, The ship careened out of control |
lean tilt tip slant angle | to incline or bend from a vertical position, She leaned over the banister |
glow beam radiate shine | have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink, Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna |
shine beam | emit light, be bright, as of the sun or a light, The sun shone bright that day, The fire beamed on their faces |
low-beam(a) | used of headlights, following with low-beam headlights |