These are the meanings of the letters BEFOAM when you unscramble them.
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Ambo (n.)
A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches.
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Beam (n.)
Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
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Beam (n.)
One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
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Beam (n.)
The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.
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Beam (n.)
The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
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Beam (n.)
The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.
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Beam (n.)
The pole of a carriage.
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Beam (n.)
A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.
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Beam (n.)
The straight part or shank of an anchor.
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Beam (n.)
The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
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Beam (n.)
A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam.
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Beam (n.)
A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
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Beam (n.)
Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
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Beam (n.)
One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
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Beam (v. t.)
To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.
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Beam (v. i.)
To emit beams of light.
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Bema (n.)
A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
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Bema (n.)
That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
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Bema (n.)
Erroneously: A pulpit.
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Fame (n.)
Public report or rumor.
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Fame (n.)
Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.
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Fame (v. t.)
To report widely or honorably.
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Fame (v. t.)
To make famous or renowned.
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Foam (n.)
The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea.
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Foam (n.)
To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
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Foam (n.)
To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action.
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Foam (v.t.)
To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.