Ream
Ream (rēm) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon reám, akin to German rahm.]
Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scottish]
Ream , intransitive verb
To cream; to mantle. [Scottish]
A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret.
Ream , transitive verb
[Compare Reim.]
To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
Ream , noun
[Old English reme, Old French rayme, French rame (compare Sp. resma), from Arabic rizma a bundle, especially of paper.]
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
Collocations (1)
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 (rēmd) , transitive verb
[Compare German raumen to remove, to clear away, from 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.