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   Ream (rēm), n. [AS. reám, akin to G. rahm.] Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]
   
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   Ream, v. i. To cream; to mantle. [Scot.]
   
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   A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. Sir W. Scott.
   
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   Ream, v. t. [Cf. Reim.] To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
   
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   Ream, n. [OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma), fr. Ar. rizma a bundle, especially of paper.] A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
   
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   Printer's ream, twenty-one and a half quires. [Eng.] A common practice is now to count five hundred sheets to the ream.  Knight.
   
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   Ream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reamed (rēmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaming.] [Cf. G. räumen to remove, to clear away, fr. raum room. See Room.] 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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