\Ream\, n. [AS. re['a]m, akin to G. rahm.]
Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]

\Ream\, v. i.
To cream; to mantle. [Scot.]
      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}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Reaming}.] [Cf. G. r["a]umen 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.