REAMING

Verb

reaming

present participle of ream

Noun

reaming (plural reamings)

The act or process of something being reamed.

Anagrams

• Germain, germain, germina, mangier, mearing

Source: Wiktionary


REAM

Ream, n. Etym: [AS. reám, akin to G. rahm.]

Definition: Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]

Ream, v. i.

Definition: To cream; to mantle. [Scot.] A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. Sir W. Scott.

Ream, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Reim.]

Definition: To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.

Ream, n. Etym: [OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma), fr. Ar. rizma a bundle, especially of paper.]

Definition: 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.

Ream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reaming.] Etym: [Cf. G. räumen to remove, to clear away, fr. raum room. See Room.]

Definition: 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



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