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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1435, 1503, 1681-1692

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Reme, Reim, n.1 Also: rhem; reym. [ME and e.m.E. rem (1392–3), ream(e, OF rayme, reyme, remme (1360–1489 in Godef.). See also Rim n.1] A ream ((of) paper). —1435 Exchequer Rolls IV 609.
Pro uno reme papiri 1503 Halyb. 271.
A reym of peyper 1681 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. 3 Ser. XXXVI 44.
Rhems 1692 Foulis Acc. Bk. 151.
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