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Ream  v. t.  To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ream" Quotes from Famous Books



... to little Vinnie Ream, the sculptress, to whom Congress had awarded a contract for the statue of Lincoln. Her studio was in the crypt of the Capitol. They threatened her with the wrath of Congress, the loss of her contract, and ruin of her career unless she found a way ...
— The Clansman - An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan • Thomas Dixon

... wonder whatever they did with so much. I sometimes thought they contributed to the Magazines. When I was out of stock, I was always afraid of their coming; they seemed so distressed about it, if I had none. I have walked to Halifax (a distance of ten miles) many a time, for half a ream of paper, for fear of being without it when they came. I could not buy more at a time for want of capital. I was always short of that. I did so like them to come when I had anything for them; they were so much different to anybody else; so gentle and ...
— The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 1 • Elizabeth Gaskell

... joined heart and hand with Congress. Tender-laws were tried, and the relentless hunt of creditor after debtor became a flight of the recusant creditor from the debtor eager to wipe out his responsibility for gold or silver with a ream or two of paper. Limitation of prices was tried, and produced its natural results,—discontent, insufficient supplies, heavy losses. Threatening resolves were renewed, and fell powerless. It was hoped ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 • Various

... being used to a very large extent and even machine-made paper was not manufactured with the nicety of standardisation that is possible with the improved machinery of today. Consequently, the sheets of paper, even in such a small commercial quantity as a ream, would generally show considerable variation in texture. Thin and thick sheets were frequently mixed to obtain the necessary weight per ream specified in any particular grade of paper. No particular quality of paper was, apparently, specified for the manufacture ...
— The Stamps of Canada • Bertram Poole



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



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