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▪ I. ‖ reem|riːm|
[a. Heb. r⊇'ēm (also rēym in Job xxxix. 9–10), rendered in the Vulgate by rhinoceros and unicornis, and by Wyclif and later Eng. versions, unicorn.]
The Hebrew name of an animal mentioned in the Old Testament, now identified with the wild ox.
1719Young Par. Job Wks. 1757 I. 215 Will the tall Reem, which knows no Lord but Me, Low at the crib, and ask an alms of thee? [1845Kitto Cycl. Bibl. Lit. s.v., From the fact that the reëm is classed in scripture with bulls or bullocks..it has been concluded that he was of the bovine species, and probably the buffalo or wild ox. 1886W. Houghton in Academy 24 Apr. 292 The identification of the Hebrew reêm with the wild ox (Bos primigenius) is one of the most certain of all Bible animal names.]
▪ II. reem
obs. f. realm, ream; var. reme v., to cry, shout; obs. f. rime, hoarfrost. |