Dictionary entry

Bream (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.