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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: RAY-RHU |
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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) , a certain quantity of paper , viz. 20 quires containing 24 sheets each or 48o sheets; a " printer's ream " contains 214 quires or 516 sheets. The word owes its introduction into Europe
Moors
paper manufactured in Spain
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