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noun
Ream  n.  Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. (Scot.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ream" Quotes from Famous Books



... now,' replied Squeers. 'I was one blessed bruise, sir,' said Squeers, touching first the roots of his hair, and then the toes of his boots, 'from HERE to THERE. Vinegar and brown paper, vinegar and brown paper, from morning to night. I suppose there was a matter of half a ream of brown paper stuck upon me, from first to last. As I laid all of a heap in our kitchen, plastered all over, you might have thought I was a large brown-paper parcel, chock full of nothing but groans. Did I groan loud, Wackford, ...
— The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby • Charles Dickens

... scarcely saw his daughter Jane at any one of them; and a thousand other things. What a stupid, asinine creature is a lover, before the ice is broken, and what an eloquent, inspired animal, after the explosion! A lover may retire to his closet, and spoil a whole ream of paper with "raven locks," and "eyes' liquid azure," and "sweet girls," &c. Such an epicure creature as Natty Willis will befoul you a quire of foolscap before breakfast in that way—but let a stranger see the same lover ...
— An Old Sailor's Yarns • Nathaniel Ames

... next day, and to purchase everything without bargaining to obtain a lower price. Among other things, I ordered a piece, from twenty to thirty yards long, of white linen, thread, scissors, needles, storax, myrrh, sulphur, olive oil, camphor, one ream of paper, pens and ink, twelve sheets of parchment, brushes, and a branch of olive tree to make a stick of ...
— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt



Words linked to "Ream" :   large indefinite amount, remove, express, reamer, definite quantity, extract, large indefinite quantity, take away, quire, take, enlarge



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