Beam

Beam a Fish, a Sea Monster resembling a Pike, a terrible Enemy to a Man, whom he seizes like a blood-hound, and holds him fast, if he ever catches hold; the Teeth of this Monster are so venemous, that the least Touch is mortal, except some Antidote be apply’d immediately.

Definition taken from The Universal Etymological English Dictionary, edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)

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