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bream (2)

bream [ breem ] (past and past participle breamed, present participle bream·ing, 3rd person present singular breams)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
clean debris from boat hull: to scrape the shells, seaweed, and mud off the bottom of a boat ( archaic )

[Early 17th century. Probably < Middle Dutch bremme "broom, furze"]
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