beamful
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4ADJ.
brown, large, light, optical, soft
BEAMFUL + NOUN
compassion, corpses
PREP.
with, with
ADV.
away, twice
Definitions
adj
Beamy; radiant; luminous.
Let each succeeding page Still boast those charms, and luminate the age; So shall thy beamful fires with light divine, Rise to the sphere, and there triumphant shine.
And Monsieur Le Donkey's pleased beam is twice as beamful as it was over the stage business with the sauce.
noun
A quantity in a beam (of wood, of light, etc)
Phialai of similar size would be divided into convenient " beamfuls " or weighing-lots.
Susan committed those confused, tragic eyes of hers to me, fixing on rhy stare, perhaps for some optical beamful of compassion.
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6Let each succeeding page Still boast those charms, and luminate the age; So shall thy beamful fires with light divine, Rise to the sphere, and there triumphant shine.
WiktionaryAnd Monsieur Le Donkey's pleased beam is twice as beamful as it was over the stage business with the sauce.
WiktionaryI can recall the tall, slender man-boy, with the large beamful eyes, soft brown beard and moustache, long swinging stride, careless dress, lounging habits, and incessant oratory.
WiktionaryPhialai of similar size would be divided into convenient " beamfuls " or weighing-lots.
WiktionarySusan committed those confused, tragic eyes of hers to me, fixing on rhy stare, perhaps for some optical beamful of compassion.
WiktionaryBehind the olde worlde postcard village, the timbers are rotting away by the beamful and the corpses are piling up.
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