What does "beam" mean?

See beam in WNW Idioms

beam in one's own eye

Etymology: after Matt. 7:3, Luke 6:41

a major moral flaw in oneself which one ignores while criticizing minor faults in others

off the beam

on the beam

in a direction at right angles to the keel of a ship; abeam
following the direction of a guiding beam, as an airplane
â Informal
1. going in the right direction
2. working or functioning well; alert, keen, quick, etc.

See beam in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

on the beam

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