hornbeam

noun

Etymology: From horn + beam (“principal stem of the antler of a deer; ray of light”).

1. Synonym of beam (“the principal stem of the antler of a deer, which branches grow out from”).
2. A beam or ray of light emanating from the head of a deity like a horn.

   “With toole ſharp poincted wee boarde and perced his one light [the single eye of the Cyclops Polyphemus], / That ſtood in his lowring front gloommiſh malleted onlye. / Like Greekiſh tergat gliſtring, or Phœbus his hornebeams.”