Ramagious Ra·ma"gi·ous (-mā"jĭ*ŭs)
adjective Wild; not tame. [ Obsolete]
Now is he tame that was so ramagious .
Remedy of Love.
Ramal Ra"mal (rā"m
a l)
adjective [ Latin
ramus branch.]
Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branch; rameal.
Ramayana Ra·ma"ya·na (rä*mä"yȧ*nȧ)
noun [ Sanskrit
Rāmāyana .]
The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.
Ramberge Ram"berge (răm"bẽrj)
noun [ French, from
rame oar +
barge barge.]
Formerly, a kind of large war galley.
Ramble Ram"ble (răm"b'l)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Rambled (-b'ld);
present participle & verbal noun Rambling (-blĭng).] [ For
rammle , from Prov. English
rame to roam. Confer
Roam .]
1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world. He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the wind?
Locke. 2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way. 3. To extend or grow at random. Thomson. Syn. -- To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
Ramble Ram"ble noun 1. A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation. Coming home, after a short Christmas ramble .
Swift. 2. [ Confer
Rammel .]
(Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond.
Rambler Ram"bler (-blẽr)
noun One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.
Rambling Ram"bling (-blĭng)
adjective Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building.
Ramblingly Ram"bling·ly adverb In a rambling manner.
Rambooze Ram"booze (-bōz)
noun A beverage made of wine, ale (or milk), sugar, etc. [ Obsolete]
Blount.
Rambutan Ram·bu"tan (răm*bō"tăn)
noun [ Malay
rambūtan , from
rambut hair of the head.]
(Botany) A Malayan fruit produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum , and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse hairs (whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also ramboostan .
Rameal Ra"me·al (rā"me*
a l)
adjective Same as Ramal . Gray.
Ramean Ra"me·an (-
a n)
noun A Ramist. Shipley.
Ramed Ramed (rămd)
adjective Having the frames, stem, and sternpost adjusted; -- said of a ship on the stocks.
Ramee Ram"ee (răm"e)
noun (Botany) See Ramie .
Ramekin Ram"e·kin (răm"e*kĭn)
noun See Ramequin . [ Obsolete]
Ramekin Ram"e·kin noun = Ramequin .
Rament Ram"ent (răm"
e nt)
noun [ Latin
ramenta , plural]
1. A scraping; a shaving. [ Obsolete]
2. plural (Botany) Ramenta.
Ramenta Ra·men"ta (rȧ*mĕn"tȧ)
noun plural [ Latin , scrapings.]
(Botany) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns. Gray.
Ramentaceous Ram`en·ta"ceous (răm`ĕn*tā"shŭs)
adjective (Botany) Covered with ramenta.
Rameous Ra"me·ous (rā"me*ŭs)
adjective [ Latin
rameus , from
ramus branch, bough.]
(Botany) Ramal.
Ramequin Ram"e·quin (răm"e*kĭn)
noun [ French]
(Cookery) A mixture of cheese, eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread. [ Written also
ramekin .]
Ramequin Ram"e·quin noun [ French]
The porcelian or earthen mold in which ramequins are baked and served, by extension, any dish so used.
Ramie Ram"ie (răm"e)
noun [ From Malay.]
(Botany) The grass-cloth plant ( Bœhmeria nivea ); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass , and rhea . See Grass-cloth plant , under Grass .
Ramification Ram`i·fi·ca"tion (răm`ĭ*fĭ*kā"shŭn)
noun [ Confer French
ramification . See
Ramify .]
1. The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement. 2. A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve. 3. A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme. 4. The production of branchlike figures. Crabb.
Ramiflorous Ram`i·flo"rous (-flō"rŭs)
adjective [ Latin
ramus branch +
flos ,
floris , flower.]
(Botany) Flowering on the branches.
Ramiform Ram"i·form (răm"ĭ*fôrm)
adjective [ Latin
ramus branch +
-form .]
(Botany) Having the form of a branch.
Ramify Ram"i·fy (răm"ĭ*fī)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Ramified (răm"ĭ*fīd);
present participle & verbal noun Ramifying (răm"ĭ*fī`ĭng).] [ French
ramifier , Late Latin
ramificare , from Latin
ramus a branch +
-ficare (in comp.) to make. See
-fy .]
To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.
Ramify Ram"i·fy intransitive verb 1. To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant. When they [ asparagus plants] . . . begin to ramify .
Arbuthnot. 2. To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject.
Ramigerous Ra·mig"er·ous (rȧ*mĭj"ẽr*ŭs)
adjective [ Latin
ramus a branch +
-gerous .]
(Botany) Bearing branches; branched.
Ramiparous Ra·mip"a·rous (rȧ*mĭp"ȧ*rŭs)
adjective [ Latin
ramus + parere to bear.]
(Botany) Producing branches; ramigerous.
Ramist Ra"mist (rā"mĭst)
noun A follower of Pierre Ramé , better known as Ramus , a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians.
Ramline Ram"line (răm"lĭn)
noun A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stem to stern in building a vessel.
Rammel Ram"mel (răm"mĕl)
noun Refuse matter. [ Obsolete]
Filled with any rubbish, rammel and broken stones.
Holland.
Rammer Ram"mer (-mẽr)
noun One who, or that which, rams or drives. Specifically:
(a) An instrument for driving anything with force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity .
(b) A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod .
(c) (Founding) An implement for pounding the sand of a mold to render it compact.
Rammish Ram"mish (-mĭsh)
adjective Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious. "Their savor is so
rammish ."
Chaucer.
Rammishness Ram"mish·ness noun The quality of being rammish.
Rammy Ram"my (-mȳ)
adjective Like a ram; rammish. Burton.
Ramollescence Ram`ol·les"cence (răm`ŏl*lĕs"s
e ns)
noun [ French
ramollir to make soft, to soften; prefix
re- re- +
amollir to soften;
a (L.
ad ) +
mollir to soften, Latin
mollire , from
mollis soft.]
A softening or mollifying. [ R.]
Ramoon Ra·moon" (rȧ*mōn")
noun (Botany) A small West Indian tree ( Trophis Americana ) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for cattle.
Ramose Ra·mose" (rȧ*mōs")
adjective [ Latin
ramosus , from
ramus a branch.]
Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branchy.
Ramous Ra"mous (rā"mŭs)
adjective Ramose.
Ramp Ramp (rămp)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Ramped (rămt; 215);
present participle & verbal noun Ramping .] [ French
ramper to creep, Old French , to climb; of German origin; confer German
raffen to snatch, LG. & Dutch
rapen . See
Rap to snatch, and confer
Romp .]
1. To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp. 2. To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence. Their bridles they would champ,
And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp .
Spenser. 3. To climb, as a plant; to creep up. With claspers and tendrils, they [ plants] catch hold, . . . and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.
Ray.
Ramp Ramp noun 1. A leap; a spring; a hostile advance. The bold Ascalonite
Fled from his lion ramp .
Milton. 2. A highwayman; a robber. [ Prov. Eng.]
3. A romping woman; a prostitute. [ Obsolete]
Lyly. 4. [ French
rampe .]
(Architecture) (a) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase. (b) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction. 5. [ French
rampe .]
(Fort.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.
Rampacious Ram·pa"cious (răm*pā"shŭs)
adjective High-spirited; rampageous. [ Slang]
Dickens.
Rampage Ramp"age (rămp"aj; 48)
noun [ See
Ramp ,
v. ]
Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage . [ Prov. or Low]
Dickens.
Rampage Ramp"age intransitive verb To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage. [ Prov. or Low]
Rampageous Ram·pa"geous (răm*pā"jŭs)
adjective Characterized by violence and passion; unruly; rampant. [ Prov. or Low]
In the primitive ages of a rampageous antiquity.
Galt.
Rampallian Ram·pal"lian (-păl"y
a n)
noun [ Confer
ramp a prostitute, or
rabble .]
A mean wretch. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Rampancy Ramp"an·cy (rămp"
a n*sȳ)
noun The quality or state of being rampant; excessive action or development; exuberance; extravagance. "They are come to this height and
rampancy of vice."
South.
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