beam-tree

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BE'AM-TREE, noun A species of wild service. The Crataegus Aria. BEAM,noun A ray of light, emitted from the sun, or other luminous body. BEAM, verb transitive To send forth; to emit. BEAM, verb intransitive To emit rays of light, or beams; to shine. He beam'd, the day star of the rising age.
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