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Bream [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A fish, the Cyprinus brama, an inhabitant of lakes and deep water, extremely insipid and little valued.

Bream [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In sea language, to burn off the filth, such as grass, sea week, ooze, etc., from a ship's bottom.

Bream [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

2. An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish.

3. A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.

Bream [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.

Breamed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Breaming [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913