beam tree

  • 101déaþbéam — m ( es/ as) death bringing tree, a death tree, tree of death …

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  • 102white|beam — «HWYT BEEM», noun. a small European tree, with large leaves dark green on top and silvery white and silky on the underside, and a mealy fruit of a reddish color …

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  • 103mantle-tree — noun A beam of wood over the opening of an open fireplace, from which items were hung. No more shall I from mantle trees hang down Syn: mantle, chambranle …

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  • 104white beam — /waɪt ˈbim/ (say wuyt beem) noun a variable, deciduous tree, Sorbus aria, the leaves of which are densely hairy underneath, occurring on calcareous soil in western and southern Europe …

  • 105Pyrus aria — Beam tree Beam tree [AS. be[ a]m a tree. See {Beam}.] (Bot.) A tree ({Pyrus aria}) related to the apple. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 106sunbeam — sun·beam (sŭn’bēm′) n. ▸ A ray of sunlight. ╂ [Middle English sunnebem, from Old English sunnebēam (translation of Late Latin columna lūcis, pillar of light) : sunne, sun; see SUN(Cf. ↑sun) + bēam, tree, building post; see BEAM(Cf. ↑beam).] …

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  • 107bheuə- — Also bheu . To be, exist, grow. Derivatives include be, husband, imp, physics, future, neighbor, and beam. I. Extended forms *bhwiy(o) , *bhwī . 1. be; forebear, from Old English bēon, to be, from Germanic *biju, I am, will be …

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  • 108kaffir boom — noun 1. small semi evergreen broad spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange scarlet flowers and small coral red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles • Syn: ↑Cape kafferboom, ↑Erythrina caffra • Hypernyms:… …

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  • 109axletree — noun a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve • Hypernyms: ↑dead axle • Hyponyms: ↑axle bar • Part Holonyms: ↑carriage, ↑equipage, ↑rig, ↑cart, ↑ …

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  • 110witteboom — ˈvid.əˌbüm noun (plural witteboom) Etymology: Afrikaans, probably from Middle Dutch witboom white poplar, literally, white tree, from wit white + boom tree; akin to Old English hwīt white and bēam tree more at white, beam …

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