rambeh (ram be)

[Said to be connected with Malay rambutan, rambut, hair: see rambutan.] The fruit of a middle-sized tree, Baccaurea sa pida, of the Euphorbiaceæ, found in Malacca, Burma, etc. The fruit is globose, half an inch long, yellowish in color, several-celled, with a pleasant subacid pulp. ramberget (ram'bėrj), n. [Also remberge; By virtue thereof, through the retention of some aerial gusts, are the huge ramberges , mighty gallions, ., launched from their stations. Ozell, tr. of Rabelais, iii. 51. (Nares.) ramble (ram'bl), v. i.; pret. and pp. rambled, ppr. rambling. [An altered form (with di imi lati on of mm to mb ) of dial. rammle, Bold Robin Hood he would ramble away. Robin Hood and the Ranger (Child's Ballads, V. 207). My first Entrance upon this Rambling kind of Life. Dampier , Voyages, II., Pref. 2. To take a wavering or wandering course; proceed with irregular turns, windings, or transitions; show a lack of definite direction or arrangement: as, a rambling path or house; O'er his ample sides the rambling sprays Luxuriant shoot. Thomson , Spring, 1. 794. Our home is a rambling old place, on the outskirts of a country town. The Century , XL. 278. In the middle of a brook, whose silver ramble Down twenty little falls, through reeds and bramble, Tracing along, it brought me to a cave. rambling (ram'bling), n . [Verbal n. of ram- ble , v .] 1. The act of wandering about, or from place to place. IMG:content-1597.png:[blocks in formation] rameal (rāmē-al), a . [ rame - ous + -al .] Grow-rami corneous (rā-mi-kôr ́nē-us), a . [ ramicorn ing upon or otherwise pertaining to a branch. Also rameous . Ramean (rāmē-an), n . [ Ramée or Ramus (see Ramist ) + -an .] A Ramist. ramed (ramd), a . [Appar., with E. suffix -ed2, ramé , pp. of ramer , prop, support (creep- ing plants), rame , f., OF. raim , m., a branch, stake, F. dial. rain , rai me = Pr. ram , ramp = It. ramo, ramus , a branch: see ramus .] Noting a ve el on the stocks when all the frames are set upon the keel, the stem and stern-post put up, and the whole adjusted by the ram-line. See ramie . ramee, n. ramekin (ram'e-kin), n . [Also rammekin , rame- quin ; F'.ramequin , a sort of pastry made with cheese, rammeken , toasted bread.] Welsh rabbit; also, bread-crumb baked in a pie-pan with a farce of cheese, eggs, and other ingredients. E. Phillips , 1706. ramelt, n. See rammel . ramellose (ram'el-ōs), a . [ ramellus + -ose . ] In algology , bearing or characterized by ra- mell i. See ramellus . ramellus (ra-mel'us), n.; pl. ramelli (-1). [NL., dim. of L. ramus , a branch: see ramus , ramu- lus .] In algology , a ramulus, or, more specifi- cally, a branch smaller and simpler than a ram- ulus, occurring at the growing tip. rament (ra-ment'), n. [L. ramentum , usually in pl.ramenta , scrapings, shavings, chips, scales, bits, radere , scrape, shave: see rasel , razel .] 1. A scraping; shaving.-2. In bot . , same as ramentum . [Rare.] ramentaceous (ram-en-tā'shius), a . [ rament + -aceous .] In bot . , covered with ramenta. ramentum (ra-men'tum), n .; pl. ramenta (-tä). [NL.: see rament .] 1. Same as rament , 1.- 2. In bot . , a thin, chaffy scale or outgrowth from the epidermis, sometimes appearing in great abundance on young shoots, and par- ticularly well developed on the stalks of many ferns: same as palea (which see for cut). rameous (rā'mē-us), a . [ rameus , of or be- longing to boughs or branches, ramus , a branch: see ramus . Cf.ramous , ramose . ] Same as rameal . And oft in ramblings on the wold.. I saw the village lights below. rambooset, ramboozet, n . See rumbooze . ram-bow (ram'bou), n. A ship's bow of such construction that it may be efficiently used in ramming. rambunctious (ram-bungk's hus), a . Same as rambustious . [Colloq., U.S.] rambyt, a . [ME.; cf. ramp .] Spirited; pran- cing; ramping (?). I salle be at journee with gentille knyghtes, On a ram by stede fulle jolyly graythide. Rameside (ram'e-sid), a . and n . [ Rameses + -ide2.] I. a . Pertaining or relating to any of the ancient Egyptian kings named Rameses The principal kings of the name were Rameses II. of the nineteenth dynasty and Rameses III. of the twentieth. ramfeezle (ram-fē'zl), v . t .; pret. and pp. ram feezled , ppr. ramfeezling . [Appar. ram3 + feeze.] To fatigue; exhaust. [Scotch.] My awkward muse sair pleads and begs I would na write. The tapet le ramfeezl'd hizzie, She's saft at best, and something lazy. Burns , Second Epistle to John Lapraik. ram-goat (ram'gōt), n . A low, tortuous, leafy shrub, Xanthoxylum spinifex ( Fagara microphyl- lum ), found on arid shores in the West Indies and South America. ram gun shock (ram-gunʻshok), a . [ Also ram- gunshoch, gunsh ran gun shock, rugged; origin obscure.] Rough; rugged. [Scotch.] Our ram gun shock , glum gudeman Is out and owre the water. ram-head (ram'hed), n . 1. An iron lever for raising up great stones. - 2ł. Naut . , a halyard- block.-31. A cuckold. To be called ram - head is a title of honour, and a name proper to all men. John Taylor. ram-headed (ram'hed"ed), a . Represented with the head of a ram, as a sphinx; furnished with ram's horns, as a sphinx's head; crioceph- Egad! old maids will presently be found Clapping their dead ram - cats in holy ground, And writing verses on each mousing devil. Wolcot (P. Pindar), Peter's Pension. Ram - cat is older than Peter. Smollett uses the word in his translation of Gil Blas: "They brought me a ragout made of ram - cat " (vol. i. ch. vii.). N. and Q., 7th ser., V. 351. ramé (ra-mā'), a . [OF. rame , branched, * ramatus , branched, ramus , a branch: see ra- mus .] In her ., same as attired . ramicorn (rāʼmi-kôrn), n . and a . [ rami- corn is , ramus , a branch, + cornu , horn.] Scriptures afforded him will wonder by what energetic I. n. In ornith ., the horny sheath of the side of the lower mandible, in any way distinguished from that covering the rest of the bill. The ramicorn , which covers the sides of the rami of the lower mandible. Coues , Proc. Phila. Acad. (1866), p. 276. II. a . In entom . , having ramified antennæ, as a hemipterous insect; pertaining to the Ramicornes . under Villeroi, in 1706: chiefly used attribu- tively. The Ramilie hat was a form of cocked hat worn in the time of George I. Its peculiarity consisted in the adjustment of the hat-brim - apparently the one in which the three cocks are nearly equal in length and similar in arrangement. The Ramilie wig, worn as late as the time of George III., had a long, gradually diminishing plait, called the Ramilie plait or tail, with a very large bow at the top and a smaller one at the bottom. A peculiar-shaped hat was known as the " Ramilie cock." N. and Q., 6th ser., XII. 35. IMG:content-1598.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1599.png:[merged small][ocr errors] a , wooden rammer, with iron band or hoop; b, c, pav b being used to compact sand, and for cob- blest ones, etc. rammer (ram'er), n. [= G.rammer ; as ram2 , v., + -er1.] An instrument for ramming, or driving by impact. The pavers' rammer, used in set- tling stones or compacting earth, is a heavy ma of iron- bound wood, of tapering form, with handles at the top and on one or both sides. (See beetle1 , 1.) Founders' ram- mers are made in different ways, for various purposes, as forcing the sand into the pattern, solidifying it in the flask, etc. A gunners' rammer is a staff with a cylindrical head, for driving home the charge in a cannon, usually having for field-artillery a swab (called a sponge ) at the other end for cleaning out the gun after firing. Ramrods, and some kinds of ram, as that of a ship of war, are also sometimes called rammers . See ram2 , 2, and ramrod ; see also cut in preceding column, and cut under gun - carriage . rammish1 (ram'ish), a . [ ME.rammish ; ram1 + -ish1.] Resembling or characteristic of a ram; rammy; strong-scented; hence, coarse; lewd; lascivious: used like goatish in the same sense. Compare hircine . For al the world, they stinken as a goot: Her savour is so rammish and so hoot, That though a man from hem a myle be, The savour wol infecte him, trusteth me. Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 334. Whose father being a rammish ploughman, himself a perfumed gentleman. Middle ton, Phœnix, i. 2. rammish2+ (ram'ish), a . Same as ramage1 . rammishne (ram'ish-nes), n . -ne .] The state or character of being ram- mish. rammy (ram'i), a . [ ram1 + -y1.] Like a ram; rammish. Galen takes exception at mutton, but without question he means that rammy mutton which is in Turkie and Asia Minor. Burton , Anat. of Mel., ii. § 2. ramollescence (ram-o-les'ens), n. [F. ra- mollir , soften, refl. become soft ( re- , again, + amollir, soften: see amollish ), + -escence. Cf. L. remollescere , become soft again, become soft.] A softening or mollifying; mollification. Imp . Dict . [Rare.] ramolli ement (ra-mo-lēs'mon), n . [F. ra- molli ement , ramollir , soften, become soft: Trees of every sort On three sides, slender, spreading, long and short; Each grew as it contrived, the poplar ramped , The fig-tree reared itself. Browning , Sordello. 2. To rise for a leap or in leaping, as a wild beast; rear or spring up; prepare for or make a spring; jump violently. See rampant . Tho, rearing up his former feete on hight, He rampt upon him with his ravenous pawes. IMG:content-1600.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To move with violent leaps or starts; jump or dash about; hence, to act pa ionately or violently; rage; storm; behave with insolence. Whan she comth hoom, she rampeth in my face, And cryeth, "False coward, wreek thy wyf." Chaucer , Prol. to Monk's Tale, L. 16. The Govr, hearing ye tumulte, sent to quiet it, but he ramped more like a furious beast then a man. Bradford , Plymouth Plantation, p. 174. For the East Lynn (which is our river) was ramping and roaring frightfully. R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, xlviii. 4. To spring about or along gaily; frolic; gam- bol; flirt; romp. See romp. Good wenches would not so rampe abrode ydelly. Udall , Roister Doister, ii. 4. Then the wild boar, being so stout and strong,... Thrashed down the trees as he ramped him along. Jovial Hunter of Bromsgrove (Child's Ballads, VIII. 146). Peace, you foul ramping jade! tion of some part of the body, as the brain or the liver, in which it becomes softened. ramoon (ra-mön'), n. [ ram on , the top of branches cut as food for sheep in snowy wea- ther(= F.ram on , a broom of twigs or branches), ramo , ramus , a branch: see ramus .] A low West Indian tree, Trophis American a , be- longing to the mulberry tribe, with milky juice and drupe-like fruit. Its leaves and twigs are sometimes fed to cattle. ramose (rā'mōs), a . [ ramosus , full of branches: see ramous .] 1. Same as ramous.-2. In zoöl .: ( a ) Branching; much-branched; rami- fying frequently, as corals and other zoöphytes; ramous. (b) Resembling a branch or branches; shooting out like a branch: as, the ramose spines of some shells. - Ramose antennæ, antennæ in which the joints are rather long, a few of them emitting from the base or apex-generally on the outer side, rarely on both sides-long cylindrical proce es or branches. ramosely (raʼmos-li), adv . branching manner. H. C. Wood , Fresh-Water Algæ, p. 21. ramous (rā'mus), a . [ rameux = Pr. ra- mos Sp. Pg. It. ramoso, ramosus , full of branches, ramus , a branch: see ramus .] Branched or branchy, or full of branches; hav- ing branches, or divisions of the character of branches; ramifying; ramose. Which vast contraction and expansion seems unintelli- gible, by feigning the particles of air to be springy and Newton , Opticks, iii. query 31. IMG:content-1601.png:[blocks in formation] ramp (ramp), v . [Also romp (now partly differ- enced in use: see romp ); rampen , ramper , raumper , creep, crawl, also climb, F. ramper , creep, crawl, cringe (cf. rampe , a flight of stairs (>G. rampe ) , =It. rampare , clutch ( ram- pa , a claw, a grip, rampo , a grappling-iron), a nasalized form of * rappare , in comp. ar - rap- pare , = Pr. Sp. Pg. rapar , snatch up, carry off, seize upon; of Teut. origin: LG. rappen , rapen , snatch up hastily; Bavar. dial. rampfen , G. raffen , snatch, etc.: see rap2 , rape2 , raff .] I. in trans. 1. To rise by climbing or shooting up, as a plant; run or grow up rapidly; spring up in growth. Some Sorts of Plants are either endued with a Faculty of twining about others that are near, or else fur- they nish'd with Claspers and Tendrils, whereby. IMG:content-1602.png:[blocks in formation] rampt (ramp), a . [ ramp , v .] Ramping; leap- ing; furiously swift or rushing. Ride out, ride out, ye ramp rider! Your steed 's baith stout and strang. Hedges or Poles, they mount up to a great Height. Ray, Works of Creation, p. 111. rampacious A stone statue of some rampacious animal with flowing mane and tail, distantly resembling an insane cart-horse. Dickens , Pickwick, xxii. rampadgeon (ram-pā'jon), n . [ rampage - ous +-on.] A furious, boisterous, or quarrelsome fellow. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] 4951 He is tragic all on the Stage, but rampant in the Tyring house, and sweares oathes there which he neuer con'd. Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Player. -age.] A leaping or jumping about, as from anger or excitement; violent or furious movement; excited action of any kind: as, to be on the rampage; to go on a rampage. [ Colloq.] She's been on the ram - page this last spell about five minutes. Dickens, Great Expectations, ii. A diplomatist like Prince Bismarck, po e ed of that faculty of plain speech, and out for the time on the ram page, seems to Continental Courts a terror. Spectator (London), June 28, 1890. rampage (ram'pāj or ram-pāj′), v . i .; pret. and pp . rampaged , ppr. rampaging . [Also (Sc.) ram pauge ; rampage , n .] 1. To act or move in a ramping manner; spring or rush violently; rage or storm about. [Colloq.] Were I best go to finish the revel at the Griffin? But then Maudie will rampauge on my return. Scott, Fair Maid of Perth, xvi. Now we will see how these rampaging Hurons lived when outlying in ambushments. J. F. Cooper , Last of Mohicans, xii. 2. To run or prance about; move springily or friskily; romp; riot. [Colloq.] An' they rampaged about [on horseback] wi' their grooms, and was 'untin' arter the men. Tennyson, Village Wife, vii. How do you propose to go rampaging all over Scotland, and still be at Oban on the fifteenth? W. Black, Prince of Thule, xxvii. rampageous (ram-pā'jus), a. [ Also ramp a gio us (and rampacious, q. v.); The farmers and country folk [had] no cause to drive in their herds and flocks as in the primitive ages of a ram pageous antiquity. Galt , Provost, xv. ( Davies .) A lion-a mighty, conquering, generous, rampageous Leo Belgicus. Thackeray , Roundabout Papers, A Week's Holiday. There's that Will Maskery, sir, as is the rampageous est Method is as can be. George Eliot , Adam Bede, v. Hence-2. Glaring or "loud" in style or taste; "stunning." [Colloq.] There comes along a mi ionary,... with a rampа gio us gingham. Daily Telegraph , Oct. 6, 1885. ( Encyc . Dict.) The ornamentation is for the most part in rampageous rocaille style, bright burnished gold on whitewash or white imitation marble. Harper's Mag., LXXIX. 200. rampageousne (ram-pā'jus-nes), n . The character of being rampageous. [Colloq.] One there is, a lover-cousin, who out-Herods every one else in ramp agio us ne and lack of manners. Athenæum, No. 3249, p. 145.