ream

Definitions

1. 1.Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]
2. 2.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. 3.To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
4. 4.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. 5.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.] called?
• What is to cream; to mantle. [Scot.] A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. Sir W. Scott called?
• What is to stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments called?
• What is 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 called?