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Ream
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 5
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 5
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 5
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To cream; to mantle. [Scot.] A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. Sir W. Scott.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 5
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 5 of 5
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.