ramberge

[Fr. rame an oar, and barge.] A long narrow kind of warship, swift and easily managed. răm-ble, *ram-mle, v. i. [A frequentative from roam (Prov. rame ).] 1. To rove; to wander about; to walk, ride, or sail from place to place without any definite object in view; to stroll about; to wander carele ly or indefinitely. "The English officers rambled into the town."- Macau lay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xvii. 2. To move, grow, or extend without any certain direction. "O'er his ample sides the rambling sprays Luxuriant shot." IMG:content-0189.png:[blocks in formation] a rambling manner. răm-boô-tăn, răm-bu-tăn, s. [Malay rambut =hair, from the soft spines covering the fruit.] Bot.: Nephelium lappaceum , found in the Malayan archipelago. Its bean, a red edible fruit, is about the size of a pigeon's egg. *răm-boôze, *răm-bûşe, s. [Etym. doubtful; cf. booze .] A drink made of wine, ale, eggs, and sugar, in the winter time; or of wine, milk, sugar, and rosewater in the summer time. ( Bailey .) Bot.: Covered with ramenta. rā-mě-oŭs, adj. [Lat. rameus, from ramus =a branch, a bough.J Bot . Of or belonging to the branches. ( Lindley .) răm-fee-zled (leasel), a. [FEEZE, 8.] Fatigued, exhausted. ( Scotch .) ram-le, s. [RHEA-FIBER.] /