(adv.) On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.
Example Sentences:
(1) He went down in the Hudson River abeam the Intrepid," he said, referring to a World War II-era aircraft carrier moored on the river as a museum.
Abear
Definition:
(v. t.) To bear; to behave.
(v. t.) To put up with; to endure.
Example Sentences:
(1) The test employed protein Abearing Staphylococcus aureus as a solid-phase immunoadsorbent for (3)H-labeled viruses complexed with immunoglobulin G. Using antibodies produced in humans and guinea pigs, the RIA procedure clearly differentiated among antibodies to Venezuelan, western, and eastern equine encephalomyelitis viruses.