Reim vs Ream - What's the difference?
As nouns the difference between reim and ream is that reim is (south africa) a strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting into ropes, etc while ream is ream (of paper).
reim
English
Noun
(en noun )
(South Africa) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting into ropes, etc.
- (Simmonds)
(Webster 1913 )
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ream
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) reme, rem, from (etyl) . See also (l).
Noun
(en noun )
Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
Verb
(en verb )
To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
* Sir Walter Scott
- a huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret
Etymology 2
From (etyl) remen, rimen, . More at (l).
Verb
(en verb )
To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
To remove (material) by reaming.
To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
(slang) To yell at or berate.
(slang, vulgar) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way, by analogy with definition 1.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) reeme, from (etyl) raime, .
Noun
(en noun )
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
An abstract large amount of something.
- I can’t go – I still have reams of work left.
Coordinate terms
* (quantity of paper) bale, bundle, quire
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