REAM

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]

2.
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.

3.
v.

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

4.
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.

5.
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.


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