In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
reams
plural of ream
reams
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ream
• MASER, Mares, Marse, mares, marse, maser, mears, rames, smear
Source: Wiktionary
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
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.