English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Beaker
(n.)
A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a
foot or standard.
Beakhead
(n.)
An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a
head with a beak.
Beakhead
(n.)
A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a
vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.
Beakhead
(n.)
Same as Beak, 3.
Beakiron
(n.)
A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to
reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil.
Beal
(v. i.)
To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a
pimple.
Bealed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Beal
Bealing
(p. pr & vb. n.)
of Beal
Beam
(n.)
The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which
bears the antlers, or branches.
Beam
(v. i.)
To emit beams of light.
Beam
(v. t.)
To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth;
as, to beam forth light.
Beam
(n.)
One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called
also beam feather.
Beam
(n.)
Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
Beam
(n.)
A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or
other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
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; --
called also working beam or walking beam.
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.)
One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or
ship.
Beam
(n.)
The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more
beam than another.
Beam
(n.)
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.
Beam
(n.)
Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its
thickness, and prepared for use.