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▪ I. beaming, vbl. n.|ˈbiːmɪŋ|
[f. beam v.]
1. Emission of beams of light, radiation, radiance.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxviii. (1495) 339 Lyghte is a substaunce beyng in itselfe, and therof comyth bemynge..of other bodyes. 1660W. Secker Nonsuch Prof. 14 You do not look for so much splendor from the burnings of a candle as from the beamings of the Sun. 1813Shelley Q. Mab ii. 36 Whilst suns their mingling beamings darted.
2. The use of a beam:
a. for shoring up or supporting;
b. in Tanning (see quot. 1885), whence attrib., as in beaming-knife.
c. The rolling of warp, etc. on a beam. Also attrib.
1530Palsgr. 197/2 Beamyng knyfe for a tanner. 1538Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 398 Here is much beaming and bolstering, and malefactors do not lack their supporters. 1831G. Porter Silk Manuf. 220 To roll regularly on the beam..the different portions of warp threads..is called beaming. a1877Knight Dict. Mech. 257/2The beaming-tool f is brought in contact with the leather or raised therefrom by means of the eccentric-rods. 1879Temple Bar LV. 453 If you go to the beaming-room. 1885Harper's Mag. Jan. 274/2 ‘Beaming,’ or unhairing, derives its name from an inclined convex wooden form called a ‘beam,’ on which the hide is spread during the operation.
d. Comb., as beaming-tool; beaming machine, (a) a machine for beaming and working hides; (b) a machine for filling the beams of looms with yarn; also called beaming mill.
a1877Knight Dict. Mech. 257/2 Beaming-machine. (Leather.) 1878Sci. Amer. Suppl. 1938 Self-stopping Beaming Machine. a1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 85/1 Beaming Machine, one for filling yarn beams of looms.
▪ II. beaming, ppl. a.|ˈbiːmɪŋ|
[f. beam v. + -ing2.]
Radiant, shining, bright; often fig.
1667Milton P.L. iii. 625 Of beaming sunnie Raies, a golden tiar Circl'd his Head. 1832Marryat N. Forster xxxvii, A beaming eye met his return. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola i. ii, A broad beaming smile. |