Part 972

<p><b>12.</b> <def>Fig.: A ray; a gleam; <as>as, a <ex>beam</ex> of comfort</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Mercy with her genial <b>beam</b>. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>13.</b> <def>One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also <altname>beam feather</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Abaft the beam</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Beam center</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>the fulcrum or pin on which the working beam of an engine vibrates.</cd> -- <col>Beam compass</col>, <cd>an instrument consisting of a rod or beam, having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points; -- used for drawing or describing large circles.</cd> -- <col>Beam engine</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Before the beam</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>On the beam</col> , <cd>in a line with the beams, or at right angled with the keel.</cd> -- <col>On the weather beam</col>, <cd>on the side of a ship which faces the wind.</cd> -- <col>To be on her beam ends</col>, <cd>to incline, as a vessel, so much on one side that her beams approach a vertical position.</cd></cs>

<h1>Beam</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beam</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beamed</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beaming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by <i>forth</i>; <as>as, to <ex>beam</ex> forth light</as>.</def>

<h1>Beam</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beam</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To emit beams of light.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>beamed</b>, the daystar of the rising age. <i>Trumbull.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beambird</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beam"bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small European flycatcher (<spn>Muscicapa gricola</spn>), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.</def>

<h1>Beamed</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beamed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.</def>

<blockquote>Tost his <b>beamed</b> frontlet to the sky. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beamful</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beam"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Beamy; radiant.</def>

<h1>Beamily</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beam"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a beaming manner.</def>

<h1>Beaminess</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beam"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being beamy.</def>

<h1>Beaming</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beam"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Emitting beams; radiant.</def>

<h1>Beamingly</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beam"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a beaming manner; radiantly.</def>

<h1>Beamless</h1> <Xpage=127>

<hw>Beam"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not having a beam.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not emitting light.</def>

<h1>Beamlet</h1> <Xpage=127>