The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rewme \Rewme\, n.
Realm. [Obs.]
--Piers Plowman.
Usage examples of "rewme".
England, against Rewmes and some other diseases engendered in the lungs and inward parts, and not without effect.
England, against Rewmes and some other diseases ingendred in the longes and inward partes, and not without effect.
England, against Rewmes and some other diseases ingendred in the longes and inward partes, and not without effect.
Harrison's "Chronologie," under date of 1573, says: "In these daies the taking in of the smoke of the Indian herbe called 'Tabaco' by an instrument formed like a little ladell, whereby it passeth from the mouth into the hed and stomach, is gretlie taken up and used in England, against Rewmes and some other diseases ingendred in the longes and inward partes, and not without effect.
But Barnaby Rich, in "The Honestie of this Age," 1614, disagrees with Harrison about its benefit: "They say it is good for a cold, for a pose, for rewmes, for aches, for dropsies, and for all manner of diseases proceeding of moyst humours.