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▪ I. † ˈrammis, a. Sc. Obs. = rammist a.c 1450 Craft of Deyng 113 in Ratis Raving 4 Sa mony of thir men gangis rammys.▪ II. † ˈrammis, v. Sc. Now rare or Obs. Also 6 -ise, -eis, 7 -ish. [prob. a back-formation from rammist a.] intr. To behave frantically, to rush wildly about.a 1585 Montgomerie Flyt...
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rammist
ˈrammist, a. Sc. Now rare. Also 5 -ysd. [? Alteration of ramage a. Cf. also rammis a. and v.] Mad, crazy, frantic.1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 245 A woodman, a ramysde fule that for lytill gude wuld sett his lyf in perile. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 186 The residew..come..as rammist ...
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rammish
▪ I. rammish, a.1 Now dial. (ˈræmɪʃ) Also 4–6 -issh, -yssch, etc., 6–8 ramish. [app. f. ram n.1] 1. a. Of smell, taste, etc.: Rank, strong, highly disagreeable.c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 334 They stynken as a goot Hir sauour is so rammyssh and so hoot. 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 62 b, Samphari...
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stend
▪ I. stend, n.1 dial. In 7 stan. [f. stend v.1] A stick used by butchers to hold open a carcase.1481 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 97 Slaughterhous..j fleshaxe, j dresyng-knyfe, iij capistra, v stendez. 1688 Holme Armoury iii. 313/1 Butchers Instruments..A Stan. 1893 Northumbld. Gloss., Stend.▪ II. st...
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barley-break
barley-break (ˈbɑːlɪbreɪk) Forms: 6 barle-breyke, barla-breik, 7 barly-breake, -brake, barley-, barlibreake, 7–8 barlibreak, barley-brake, -break, 9 Sc. barley-brack. [Of uncertain etymology; the first part has been explained from the prec. word, also from the grain barley, because played in a corn-...
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ram
▪ I. ram, n.1 (ræm) Forms: 1 rom(m, 1–2 ramm, 4–7 ramme, 5–6 rame, rambe, 1– ram. [OE. ram(m, rǫm(m = (M)Du., (M)LG., OHG. and MHG. ram (ramm-): cf. G. ramme rammer, naval ram. Perh. related to ON. ramm-r strong.] 1. a. A male sheep; in domestication, one kept for breeding purposes, a tup.c 825 Vesp...
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rash
▪ I. rash, n.1 Sc. Also 5–6 (9) rasch, 6 rasche. [f. rash v.1] a. A crash or clash. b. A plashing shower of rain.c 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 914 The rochis reirdit vith the rasch, quhen thai samyne rane. 1513 Douglas æneis ix. xii. 60 Of his huge wecht, fell wyth a rasche, The erd dyndlyt. Ibid. xii. xii. 74...
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rage
▪ I. rage, n. (reɪdʒ) Also 5 rag, 6 raige, rayge, Sc. raig, rege. [a. F. raige, rage (11th c.) = Prov. ratje:—*rabje:—rabia late L. form (cf. Sp., Pg. rabia, It. rabbia) of rabies rabies.] 1. a. Madness; insanity; a fit or access of mania. Obs. exc. poet.c 1325 Metr. Hom. 141 Snakes and nederes..lep...
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together
together, adv. (prep., n., and a.) (təˈgɛðə(r)) Forms (in most cases either as one word or two, or in mod. edd. of OE. and ME. with hyphen): α. 1 togædere (to gædere, to-gædere), togadore, 3–4 togadere, togare, (3 to gaddre, to gaderen, 4 to gadir); 7 togather. β. 2–5 togedere, 3 (Orm.) togeddre, 4 ...
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start
▪ I. start, n.1 (stɑːt) Forms: 1 steort, (3 steort- in comb.), 3–7 stert, 7 stirt, 4–6 sterte, 5 storte, 6 starte, 6– start. [Com. Teut.: OE. steort masc. corresponds to OFris. stert, stirt (WFris. stirt, NFris. stört), (M)LG. stert, MDu. staert (mod.Du. staart), OHG., mod.G. sterz, ON. stert-r (Sw....
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water
▪ I. water, n. (ˈwɔːtə(r)) Forms: 1–3 wæter, 2–5 weter, 3 Orm. waterr, (pl. wattress), 3–5 watre, 4 Sc. valtir, vatter, vatyr, (pl. wateren), 4–5 watere, wattre, watur, -yr, 4–6 watir, 4, 6 Sc. vattir, 4–7 chiefly Sc. watter, -ir, 4–7 Sc. walter, 5 vatur, wature, -yre, wadyr, Sc. wattyr, 5–6 Sc. wal...
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