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Framm & Co
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Reclaimed Wood Products
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re-claim

  [ree-kleym]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
2. to claim again.
Also, reclaim.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME. See re-, claim
Montana Ghost Wood
 Reclaimed wood from Mother Nature The new barn wood
 www.mtghostwood.com
Framm & Co
 Antique Furniture, Designer Pillows Vintage/Modern Fabrics, Accessories
 www.frammandcompany.com

re⋅claim

  [ri-kleym]
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.
2. to recover (substances) in a pure or usable form from refuse, discarded articles, etc.
3. to bring back to a preferable manner of living, sound principles, ideas, etc.
4. to tame.
5. re-claim.
–verb (used without object)
6. to protest; object.
–noun
7. reclamation: beyond reclaim.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME recla(i)men < OF reclamer (tonic s. reclaim-) < L reclāmāre to cry out against, equiv. to re- re- + clāmāre to claim; (n.) ME reclaim(e) < OF reclaim, reclam, deriv. of reclamer

Related forms:
re⋅claim⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅claim⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. regain, restore. See recover.
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re·claim   (rĭ-klām')   
tr.v.   re·claimed, re·claim·ing, re·claims
  1. To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation: reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land.
  2. To procure (usable substances) from refuse or waste products.
  3. To bring back, as from error, to a right or proper course; reform. See Synonyms at save1.
  4. To tame (a falcon, for example).

[Middle English reclamen, to call back, from Old French reclamer, to entreat, from Latin reclāmāre : re-, re- + clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
re·claim'a·ble adj., re·claim'ant, re·claim'er n.
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