Beachy

Having a beach or beaches. "The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips." - Shaks. Beach'y Head, a bold promontory on the S. coast of England, co. of Su ex, 3 m. S.S.W. of East bourne. Lat. 50° 44′ 24′′ N.; Lon. 0° 13' E. It is formed of chalky white cliffs, that project perpendicularly over the beach to the height of 564 feet. A light-house of the first cla was erected, in 1828, on the summit of the cliff to the W. of the head, 285 feet above sea-level, and caverns have been cut in the cliffs, between the Head and Cuckmore Haven, in the view of affording places of refuge to mariners wrecked on this dangerous coast. Beacon, (bē'kn,) n. [A. S. beacen; W. pigwn , from pig, a pike.] A signal-fire; a bale-fire; a light placed on an eminence to announce the approach of an enemy, and arouse up the country. "No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar, The dreadful signal of invasive war."-Gay. -Beacon-fires are of great antiquity, being referred to in Scripture ( Jerem . vi. 1), and were used by the Greeks and Romans. The intelligence of the capture of Troy is represented by Æschylus as having been conveyed to the Bea'con Falls, in Connecticut, a post-office of New Haven co.