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reem
From The 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] Reeming iron (Naut.), an iron chisel for reeming the seams of planks in calking ships. [1913 Webster]
