BREAM (2)

bream (2). Bream, v.t. to cleanse a ship's bottom by fire

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Bream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breamed (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Breaming.] [[Cf. Broom, and G. ein schiff brennen.]] (Naut.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.