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    BEAM-ENDS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vesselplay

    Example:

    on her beam-ends

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("beam-ends" is a kind of...):

    face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)

    Domain category:

    navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)

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