beamedadj.
/biːmd/ 1.
a. Having or furnished with a beam or beams.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [adjective] > beam
beam-like1620
beameda1711
trabeated1843
trabeal1862
trabeate1890
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 187 A Chariot..With Cedar beam'd, and wheel'd with spicy Wreaths.
1865 in Derby Merc. 15 Feb. And the waves danced under their beamed bows.
1881 E. F. Poynter Among the Hills I. 162 The low-beamed paper-trellised ceiling.
b. figurative; cf. beam n.1 3c.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adjective] > uncritical of oneself
beamed1628
beam-blind1879
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. viii. sig. I3 He.., that lookes vpon another with a beamed eye.
2. Of a stag: Having a horn of the fourth year.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [adjective] > having antlers > at certain age
of the first headc1425
beamed1575
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xx. 51 Those be verie strong, bearing fayre and high heades, well furnished and beamed.
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. ii. 15 in Wks. (1640) III [The deer] beares a head, Large, and well beam'd . View more context for this quotation
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 6 The antler'd monarch of the waste..Tossed his beamed frontlet to the sky.
3. Arranged on the beam of the loom.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > threads in process of weaving > [adjective]
shed1839
beamed1851
floating1878
1851 L. D. B. Gordon in Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. vii**/1 These bobbins of yarn are then taken to the warping-machine..to make them into a beamed warp.
4. Having rays or beams of light; radiant.
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the world > matter > light > [adjective] > emitting rays
beamy1398
flaming?a1400
streaminga1400
radious1417
radiantc1450
beamed1480
irradiant1526
beamish1530
beamsome1595
beamfula1631
irradiating1651
radiating1651
beaming1667
streamy1718
irradiativea1834
radiescent1863
emissive1870
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxiv. 229 A bemed sterre, the whiche clerkes calle stella cometa.
1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 129 Broad-beam'd Dayes Meridian.
1862 W. Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. I. 26 When hot-beam'd zuns do strike right down.
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