▪ I. ramson
(ˈræmsən)
Forms: 1 ramesan, hrameson, 5 ramsyn, 6 -sin, 6–7, 9 -som, 6, 9 dial. -sen, 9 ransom, (9 dial. ramsden), 6– ramson.
[OE., pl. of hramsa, -se rams (the -n being retained as in oxen, hosen, etc.), but in later use taken as a sing., with pl. ramsons.]
The broad-leaved garlic, Allium ursinum; the bulbous root of this plant, used as a relish. Chiefly in pl.
| c 1000 ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 134/7 Ramusium, ramesan. c 1000 Durham Gloss. in Sax. Leechd. III. 304/2 Ramuscium, Hrameson. 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 561/13 Acticola, ramsyn. 1547 Boorde Brev. Health xv. 12 b, They muste eat no salades, garlyke, ramsons, onyons, chybolles, or scalyons. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 29 That poysonous medicament..such as be Ramsons, Savine, Leeks, &c. 1733 Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 2), Allium, sylvestre latifolium, Ramson's. 1805 Medical Jrnl. XIV. 65 Ramsons. Ramson garlic. 1879– in south-western dial. glossaries. |
▪ II. ramson
obs. form of ransom.