A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess,
reamed with excellent claret.
Sir W. Scott.
Ream, v. t. [Cf. Reim.] To stretch out; to draw out into thongs,
threads, or filaments.
Ream, n. [OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma), fr. Ar. rizma a
bundle, especially of paper.] 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.
Ream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reamed (rmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaming.] [Cf.
G. räumen to remove, to clear away, fr. raum room. See Room.] 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.
Reame (rm), n. Realm. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ream"er (-r), n. One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an
instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting
motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc.
Re*am`pu*ta"tion (r*m`p*t"shn), n. (Surg.) The second of two
amputations performed upon the same member.
Re*an"i*mate (r*n"*mt), v. t. To animate anew; to restore to animation
or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive;
to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate
disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits. Glanvill.
Re*an`i*ma"tion (-m"shn), n. The act or operation of reanimating, or
the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.
Re`an*nex" (r`n*nks"), v. t. To annex again or anew; to reunite. "To
reannex that duchy." Bacon.
Re*an`nex*a"tion (-"shn), n. Act of reannexing.
Re*an"swer (r*n"sr), v. t. & i. To answer in return; to repay; to
compensate; to make amends for.
Which in weight to reanswer, his pettiness would bow under.
Shak.
Reap (rp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaped (rpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaping.]
[OE. repen, AS. rpan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G.
raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.] 1. To cut with a sickle,
scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by
cutting.
When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap
the corners of thy field.
Lev. xix. 9.
2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the
fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a
benefit from exertions.
Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing For peace, reap nothing but
repulse and hate?
Milton.