projecting+beam

  • 21cantaliver — Cantalever Can ta*lev er, n. [Cant an external angle + lever a supporter of the roof timber of a house.] [Written also {cantaliver} and {cantilever}.] 1. (Arch.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like. [1913 Webster] 2. (Engin.) A …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22cantilever — Cantalever Can ta*lev er, n. [Cant an external angle + lever a supporter of the roof timber of a house.] [Written also {cantaliver} and {cantilever}.] 1. (Arch.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like. [1913 Webster] 2. (Engin.) A …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23cantilever — I. noun Etymology: perhaps from 3cant + i + lever Date: 1667 a projecting beam or member supported at only one end: as a. a bracket shaped member supporting a balcony or a cornice b. either of the two beams or trusses that project from piers… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24The Adventure of the Speckled Band — is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the eighth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes . The story was first published in Strand Magazine in February …

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  • 25List of historic Toronto fire stations — Historic Toronto Fire Stations are primarily in the downtown core and with the former Toronto Fire Department. Fire stations built from the late 1800s and up to 1950s varied in style. Fire halls after 1950 tended to be utilitarian in design. The… …

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  • 26Cross —    In the New Testament the instrument of crucifixion, and hence used for the crucifixion of Christ itself (Eph. 2:16; Heb. 12:2; 1 Cor. 1:17, 18; Gal. 5:11; 6:12, 14; Phil. 3:18). The word is also used to denote any severe affliction or trial… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 27Threshold —    1) Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Sam. 5:4, 5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4, 18; 46:2; 47:1); also rendered door and door post.    2) Asuppim, pl. (Neh. 12:25), rendered correctly storehouses in the… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 28cantilever — n.; (also cantaliver, cantiliver) Bracket, modillion, projecting beam …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 29outrigger — out•rig•ger [[t]ˈaʊtˌrɪg ər[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. a framework supporting a float extended outboard from the side of a boat for increasing stability 2) naut. navig. a bracket extending outward from the side of a racing shell to support an… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30προωστῶν — προώστης projecting beam masc gen pl …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)