(historical) An old mechanical contrivance, ascribed to Hippocrates, for reducing dislocations of the shoulder.
beam
beam
noun
(figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
(gymnastics) Ellipsis of balance beam.
(literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
(music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
(nautical) The direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.
(nautical) 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).
(railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
(textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
In steam engines, 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.
One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.
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.
The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
The straight part or shank of an anchor.
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
(transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
(transitive) To give the appearance of beams to.
(transitive, computing) To transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.
(transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.
(transitive, intransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
(transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
(transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
(transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
bema
bema
noun
A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
Raised area of worship in a synagogue upon which rests the Holy Ark containing Scrolls of Torah.
