Meanings (ES + gloss)
viga
Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
And a letter vnto Asaph the keeper of the kings forrest, that he may giue me timber to make beames for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of t…
jácena • travesaño • viga
One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
Lucie opened the door: and what do you think there was inside the hill?—a nice clean kitchen with a flagged floor and wooden beams—just like any other farm kitchen.
The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
manga
The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
Being only 280 ft. long, with a beam of 66 ft, their speed is moderate, and for a long time difficulty was experienced in steering them.
This ship has more beam than that one.
timón
The central bar 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.
radio
A ray; a gleam.
Worthless and lost our offerings seem, / Drops in the ocean of his praise; / But Mercy with her genial beam / Is ripening them to pearly blaze, / To sparkle in His crown above, / W…
a beam of hope, or of comfort
Phrases
Airy beamBeam BridgeBessel beamGaussian beamabeamairbeambalance beambeam and scalesbeam compassbeam enginebeam holebeam reachbeam seabeam splitterbeam steeringbeam tracingbeam treebeam-endsbeam-onbeam-steeringbeamagebeambirdbeambreakbeamerbeamformbeamformedbeamformerbeamformingbeamfulbeamishbeamlessbeamletbeamlikebeamlinebeampatternbeampipebeamshelfbeamsomebeamspacebeamster
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