REEM

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.

2.
v.

To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them. Reeming iron (Naut.), an iron chisel for reeming the seams of planks in calking ships.

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