4 entries under this word
n. [D. riem, Fr. rame, Sp. & Pg. resma, from It. risma, a ream of paper, a body or number of persons, a faction, a sect, from Gr. ἀριθμός, a number, a quantity.]
Printer's ream, twenty-one and a half quires. [Eng.]
[imp. & p. p. REAMED; p. pr. & vb. n. REAMING.] [Ger. räumen, to remove, clear away, empty, from raum, room. See ROOM.] To bevel out, as a hole in metal;—in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole.
v. t. To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
v. i. [A-S. ream, Ger. rahm, cream, q. v.] To cream; to mantle. “A huge pewter measuring pot, which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret.” W. Scott.