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7. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.

8. The straight part or shank of an anchor.

9. 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.

10. (Steam Engine) 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; -- called also working beam or walking beam.

11. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.

How far that little candle throws his beams! Shak.

12. Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.

Mercy with her genial beam. Keble.

13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.

Abaft the beam (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the direction of her beams, and that point of the compass toward which her stern is directed. -- Beam center (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the working beam of an engine vibrates. -- Beam compass, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam, having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points; -- used for drawing or describing large circles. -- Beam engine, a steam engine having a working beam to transmit power, in distinction from one which has its piston rod attached directly to the crank of the wheel shaft. -- Before the beam (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon included between a line that crosses the ship at right angles and that point of the compass toward which the ship steers. -- On the beam, in a line with the beams, or at right angles with the keel. -- On the weather beam, on the side of a ship which faces the wind. -- To be on her beam ends, to incline, as a vessel, so much on one side that her beams approach a vertical position.

Beam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beamed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Beaming.] To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.

Beam, v. i. To emit beams of light.

He beamed, the daystar of the rising age. Trumbull.

Beam"bird` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.

Beamed (&?;), a. Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.

Tost his beamed frontlet to the sky. Sir W. Scott.

Beam"ful (&?;), a. Beamy; radiant.

Beam"i*ly (&?;), adv. In a beaming manner.

Beam"i*ness, n. The state of being beamy.

Beam"ing, a. Emitting beams; radiant.

Beam"ing*ly, adv. In a beaming manner; radiantly.

Beam"less, a. 1. Not having a beam.

2. Not emitting light.

Beam"let (&?;), n. A small beam of light.

Beam" tree` (&?;). [AS. beám a tree. See Beam.] (Bot.) A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.

Beam"y (&?;), a. 1. Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining. "Beamy gold." Tickell.

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2. Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.