▪ I. beaming, vbl. n.
(ˈbiːmɪŋ)
[f. beam v.]
1. Emission of beams of light, radiation, radiance.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxviii. (1495) 339 Lyghte is a substaunce beyng in itselfe, and therof comyth bemynge..of other bodyes. 1660 W. 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. 1813 Shelley 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.
| 1530 Palsgr. 197/2 Beamyng knyfe for a tanner. 1538 Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 398 Here is much beaming and bolstering, and malefactors do not lack their supporters. 1831 G. Porter Silk Manuf. 220 To roll regularly on the beam..the different portions of warp threads..is called beaming. a 1877 Knight Dict. Mech. 257/2The beaming-tool f is brought in contact with the leather or raised therefrom by means of the eccentric-rods. 1879 Temple Bar LV. 453 If you go to the beaming-room. 1885 Harper'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.
| a 1877 Knight Dict. Mech. 257/2 Beaming-machine. (Leather.) 1878 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 1938 Self-stopping Beaming Machine. a 1884 Knight 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.
| 1667 Milton P.L. iii. 625 Of beaming sunnie Raies, a golden tiar Circl'd his Head. 1832 Marryat N. Forster xxxvii, A beaming eye met his return. 1863 Geo. Eliot Romola i. ii, A broad beaming smile. |