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Kerr came in and after a time began to talk about the fastenings for the main tie-beam.— The Girl from Keller's
Across the hearth a tie-beam lay— Poems By the Way
Somosomo, the little body was placed in a box and hung from the tie-beam of the principal temple.— The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia
But the tie-beam lay on the dais, and methought its staining fair;— The House of the Wolfings
It is a plain, low room with a low-pitched tie-beam roof of oak.— Bell's Cathedrals: Wimbourne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings

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