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Webster 1913 Edition
Ream
Ream
(rēm)
, Noun.
[AS.
reám
, akin to G. rahm
.] Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.
[Scot.]
Ream
,Verb.
I.
To cream; to mantle.
[Scot.]
A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess,
reamed
with excellent claret. Sir W. Scott.
Ream
,Noun.
[OE.
reme
, OF. rayme
, F. rame
(cf. Sp. resma
), fr. Ar. rizma
a bundle, especially of paper.] A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
Printer’s ream
, twenty-one and a half quires.
[Eng.]
A common practice is now to count five hundred sheets to the ream. Knight.
Ream
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reamed
(rēmd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reaming
.] To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ream
REAM
,Noun.
A bundle or package of paper, consisting of twenty quires.
Definition 2024
réam
réam
Irish
Noun
réam m (genitive singular réama, nominative plural réamanna)
- ream (bundle of paper)
Declension
Declension of réam
Third declension
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