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reem


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reem  \Reem\  (r?m),  n.  [Heb.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reem  \Reem\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  {Ream}  to  make  a  hole  in.]  (Naut.) 
  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.