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Meaning of REEM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \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.
    
  2. \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.
    
 
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