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Pronunciation : Ream
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. re?m, akin to G. rahm.]
Definition : Defn: Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ream
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cream; to mantle. [Scot.] A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. Sir W. Scott.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ream
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. Reim.]
Definition : Defn: To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ream
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma), fr. Ar. rizma a bundle, especially of paper.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ream
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. G. r?umen to remove, to clear away, fr. raum room. See Room.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Reamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reaming.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913