˜yÐÄvlog

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beam sea

noun

Nautical.
  1. a sea striking the vessel at right angles to its keel.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of beam sea1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

From time to time it careened like a blunt-nosed barge in a beam sea.

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Behind us the locomotive’s smoke stack rolled like a steamer’s funnel when a 298 beam sea is running.

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Other machines kept tab on the force and direction of the wind, variations in temperature, barometric pressure and the rolling of a beam sea.

It�s also about 4,000 pounds heavier and a couple of knots slower at top end than the Express�like you�ll really care when you�re comfortably hauling that grander in through the transom door in a five-foot beam sea, while the rest of the fleet are trying to keep their lunches down.

At rest, they generally produce a more tender response to a beam sea.

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