Word Meanings - BEAM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
OFries. bam tree, OS. b, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba, Goth. bahms and Gr. a growth, to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, beam or ray, and G. strahl arrow, spoke of a 1. Any large piece of timber or iron
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OFries. bam tree, OS. b, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba, Goth. bahms and Gr. a growth, to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, beam or ray, and G. strahl arrow, spoke of a 1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. 2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship. The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber stretching across from side to side to support the decks. Totten. 3. The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another. 4. The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. The doubtful beam long nods from side to side. Pope. 5. The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches. 6. The pole of a carriage. Dryden. 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.
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- LIGHT
licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly - LIGHTSOME
1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness - LIGHTNESS
The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; - LIGHT-ARMED
Armed with light weapons or accouterments. - LIGHTERAGE
1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter. - LIGHT-O'-LOVE
1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl. - SPARKLER
One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person. - LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED
Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson. - GLARE
1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden. 2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. Byron. 3. To be bright and - LIGHTHOUSE
A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos. - RADIATE-VEINED
Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant. - GLAREOUS
Glairy. John Georgy . - LIGHTWOOD
Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze. - LIGHT-MINDED
Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate. -- Light"-mind`ed*ness, n. - GLISTEN
To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn. -- See Flash. (more info) glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf. - GLEAM
To disgorge filth, as a hawk. - SPARKLE
1. A little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott. 2. Brilliancy; - LIGHTABLE
Such as can be lighted. - LIGHT YEAR
The distance over which light can travel in a year's time; -- used as a unit in expressing stellar distances. It is more than 63,000 times as great as the distance from the earth to the sun. - LIGHTROOM
A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows. - SLIGHTNESS
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard. - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - DRUMMOND LIGHT
A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called - OUTSPARKLE
To exceed in sparkling. - MOONSHINER
A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night. - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - SLIGHTEN
To slight. B. Jonson. - LAMPLIGHTER
The calico bass. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps. - FLIGHTER
A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight. - BUSHINESS
The condition or quality of being bushy. - SUNLIGHT
The light of the sun. Milton. - DROPLIGHT
An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant. - SLIGHTINGLY
In a slighting manner. - INLIGHTEN
See ENLIGHTEN - PASSIVE FLIGHT
Flight, such as gliding and soaring, accomplished without the use of motive power. - AGLEAM
Gleaming; as, faces agleam. Lowell.