(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:34:54

A*beam" (#), adv. [Pref. a- + beam.] Naut.

On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

 

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