LekhoriLekhoriAny 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 the Citie, and for the house that I shall enter into: And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God vpon me.
One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; .
To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
to beam forth light
To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
A surname.
From Middle English beem, from Old English bēam (“tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood, beam, splint, post, stock, rafter, piece of wood”), from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *b...
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to beam with pride
To furnish or supply with beams.