bream

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BREAM, noun A fish, the Cyprinus brama, an inhabitant of lakes and deep water, extremely insipid and little valued. BREAM, verb transitive In sea language, to burn off the filth, such as grass, sea week, ooze, etc., from a ship's bottom.
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