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  1. 1. n. Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To cream; to mantle. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. 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: opted
  6. 6. n. a large quantity of written matter Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. remove by making a hole or by boring Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. enlarge with a reamer Source: wordnet
  11. 11. Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.] To cream; to mantle. [Scot.] A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. Sir W. Scott. To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments. 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. 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
  12. 12. Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.] Source: adambom

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