reem

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reem - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reem \Reem\ (r?m), n. [Heb.] (Zool.)
     The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.
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     Note: In King James's Version it is called unicorn; in the
           Revised Version,wild ox. --Job xxxix. 9.
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  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.
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     Reeming iron (Naut.), an iron chisel for reeming the seams
        of planks in calking ships.
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