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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  brm
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: breamed, bream·ing, breams
Nautical To clean (a wooden ship's hull) by applying heat to soften the pitch and then scraping.
ETYMOLOGY:From Middle Dutch brem(e), furze, broom.
 
 
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