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REAM (either through Du. riem, or O.Fr. reyme, reyme, mod. rame, Med. Lat. risma, from Arabic rizmah, bale or bundle)

REAM (either through Du. riem, or O.Fr. reyme, reyme, mod. rame, Med. See also:
LAT
Lat. risma, from Arabic rizmah, See also:
BALE
BALE, JOHN (1495-1563)
bale or bundle) , a certain quantity of See also:

paper, viz . 20 quires containing 24 sheets each or 48o sheets; a " printer's See also:

REAM (either through Du. riem, or O.Fr. reyme, reyme, mod. rame, Med. Lat. risma, from Arabic rizmah, bale or bundle)

ream " contains 214 quires or 516 sheets . The word owes its introduction into See also:

EUROPE

Europe to the See also:

Moors, who were the originators of the paper manufactured in See also:

Spain . Its See also:

ORIGINAL

original meaning was simply bundle, applied either to paper or clothes .

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