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n. 1. a relatively well-defined prevailing wind. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.
Syn. -- slipstream, race, backwash, wash [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. breme, brem, F. brême, OF. bresme, of German origin; cf. OHG. brahsema, brahsina, OLG. bressemo, G. brassen. Cf. Brasse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a plant of Europe and Asia (Epilobium hirsutum) having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves; it was introduced into North America.
Syn. -- hairy willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to put coldcream on (one's face). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. crême, perh. fr. LL. crema cream of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin to cremare to burn. ] 1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation. [ 1913 Webster ]

In vain she tries her paste and creams,
To smooth her skin or hide its seams. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures. [ 1913 Webster ]

Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant. Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. --
Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and lips. --
Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added. --
Cream gauge, an instrument to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the cream to rise. --
Cream nut, the Brazil nut. --
Cream of lime. (a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air. (b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water. --
Cream of tartar (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the surface of the liquor in the process of purification by recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance, with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of baking powders; -- called also potassium bitartrate, acid potassium tartrate, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Creamed p. pr. & vb. n. Creaming. ] 1. To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take off the best or choicest part of. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To furnish with, or as with, cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

Creaming the fragrant cups. Mrs. Whitney. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cream butter (Cooking), to rub, stir, or beat, butter till it is of a light creamy consistency. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are a sort of men whose visages
Do cream and mantle like a standing pool. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Cookery) A kind of cake filled with custard made of cream, eggs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the color of cream; light yellow. “Cream-colored horses.” Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a California plant (Platystemon californicus) with small pale yellow flowers.
Syn. -- Platystemon californicus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a small pitcher for serving cream; as, the coffee set included a sugar bowl and creamer.
Syn. -- cream pitcher. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Creameries [ CF. F. cr&unr_;meric. ] 1. A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An establishment where cream is sold. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou cream-faced loon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being creamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

See under Laid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. As white as cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous. “Creamy bowls.” Collins. “Lines of creamy spray.” Tennyson. “Your creamy words but cozen.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One given to daydreams. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. dis- (intens.) + stream. ] To flow. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Down the stream; as, floating downstream. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Akin to OS. drōm, D. droom, G. traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dröm; cf. G. trügen to deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dreám joy, gladness, and OS. drōm joy are, perh., different words; cf. Gr. qry^los noise. ] 1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had a dream which was not all a dream. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth. [ 1913 Webster ]

There sober thought pursued the amusing theme,
Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dreamed r Dreamt (dr&ebreve_;mt); p. pr. & vb. n. Dreaming. ] [ Cf. AS. drēman, dr&ymacr_;man, to rejoice. See Dream, n. ] 1. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here may we sit and dream
Over the heavenly theme. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your old men shall dream dreams. Acts ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

At length in sleep their bodies they compose,
And dreamt the future fight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

And still they dream that they shall still succeed. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dream away
To dream out,
To dream through, etc., to pass in revery or inaction; to spend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an hour; to dream through life. “ Why does Antony dream out his hours?” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who dreams. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of dreams. “ Dreamful ease.” Tennyson. -- Dream"ful*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

adv. As if in a dream; softly; slowly; languidly. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being dreamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dreamy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] builds a bridge from dreamland for his lay. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from, or without, dreams. Camden. -- Dream"less*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

adj. resembling a dream; vague or fantastic; as, night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality.
Syn. -- surreal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination; a fantasy land.
Syn. -- never-never land, dreamland. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Compar. Dreamier superl. Dreamiest ] 1. Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. “The dreamy dells.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. soothing; restful; as, dreamy music. [ PJC ]

3. Like what one dreams of; wonderful; delightful; marvelous; ideal; as, a dreamy house and garden. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

4. Prone to indulge in fantasy or daydreaming; as, a dreamy young girl. [ PJC ]

n. A dreamy, idle fellow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The prevailing opinion or practise; as, the doctor avoided using therapies outside the mainstream of modern medical practice. [ PJC ]

v. t. (Education) TO place (a student) in regular school classes; -- used especially of mentally or physically handicapped children. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Education) Placed in regular school classes; -- of the handicapped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the middle of a stream; as, don't change horses in midstream. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ }. (a) An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream. (b) An ice or ice cream prepared in layers, as vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate ice cream, and orange or lemon water ice. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To pass, or escape, while dreaming. “To outdream dangers.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. praeambulum, from L. praeambulus walking before, fr. praeambulare to walk before; prae before + ambulare to walk: cf. F. préambule. See Amble. ] A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble. [ R. ] Feltham. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. preambulaire. ] Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained or provided for in a preamble. “A preambulary tax.” [ R. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. praeambulare. See Preamble. ] To walk before. [ R. ] Jordan. [ 1913 Webster ]