Obs. Also 7 -lin. = prec.
1598. Sylvester, Quadr. Pibrac, in Du Bartas (1608), 561. What man wee call and count, It is a beamling of Divinity.
1635. Brathwait, Soul’s Sole-love. Graces are divine beamlins.
1659. Lady Alimony, in Hazl., Dodsl., XIV. 305. One beamling to bestow On my obscur’d, once glorious, family.
