Category:Ream

Ream, n. Etym: [as. reám, akin to g. rahm.]

Defn: cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [scot.]

Ream Ream, v. i.

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.

Ream Ream, v. t. Etym: [cf. Reim.]

Defn: to stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.

Ream Ream, n. Etym: [oe. reme, of. rayme, f. rame (cf. Sp. resma), fr. Ar. Rizma a bundle, especially of paper.]

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.

Ream Ream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reaming.] Etym: [cf. G. räumen to remove, to clear away, fr. raum room. See room.]

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.