spring be am (springbem)

1. A beam reaching acro a wide space, without a central support.-2. In ship- building, a fore-and-aft timber uniting the outer ends of the paddle-box beams, and carrying the outboard shaft-bearing. -3. An elastic bar at the top of a tilt-hammer, jig-saw, or mortising-machine, to accelerate [ spring - bok (= G. spring -bock), a wild goat, IMG:content-1849.jpg:[graphic][merged small] from its agility in springing upward when alarmed or as it scours the plain in escaping from its pursuers. It is of lithe and graceful form and handsome coloration, in which a rich tawny brown is varied with pure-white and black. Also spring -boc, spring buck, sprink - buck, and springer.