bream


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bream1
noun (pl. same) a greenish-bronze deep-bodied freshwater fish. [Abramis brama.]

■ used in names of other fishes, e.g. sea bream.

– origin ME: from OFr. bresme, of Gmc origin.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bream2
verb Nautical, archaic clear (a ship's bottom) of accumulated matter by burning and scraping it.
– origin C15: prob. of Low Ger. origin and rel. to broom.
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