The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
REEM
Reem (rm), n. Etym: [Heb.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.
Note: In King James's Version it is called unicorn; in the Revised Version,wild ox. Job xxxix. 9.
Reem, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Ream to make a hole in.] (Naut.)
Definition: To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them. Reeming iron (Naut.), an iron chisel for reeming the seams of planks in calking ships.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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