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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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ramish
ramish obs. form of rammish a. Oxford English Dictionary
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rammishness
rammishness (ˈræmɪʃnɪs) [f. rammish a.1 + -ness.] The fact or condition of being rammish.1552 Huloet, Rammishness, hircus. 1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Rancioso, rustie, ful of rammishnes. 1617 R. Fenton Serm. in Treat. Ch. Rome 107 The killing of the rammishnesse of our affections. 1660 Hexham, Guelsc... Oxford English Dictionary
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rammy
▪ I. rammy, a. Now chiefly north. dial. (ˈræmɪ) [f. ram n.1 + -y.] Characteristic of, resembling (that of) a ram; esp. = rammish a.1 1.1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 482 That Rammy humour and rank moistness which is found in the Male⁓sheep. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. i. i, That rammy mutton,... Oxford English Dictionary
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rammis
▪ 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... Oxford English Dictionary
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hircose
† hirˈcose, a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. hircōs-us goat-like, f. hircus.] ‘Goatish, smelling like a goat, rammish’ (Bailey, vol. II. 1727). Oxford English Dictionary
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wallowish
wallowish, a. Now dial. (ˈwɒləʊɪʃ) Also 6 walowyshe, -(e)ish, 7 wallouish. See also walsh a. [f. wallow a. + -ish.] Insipid, tasteless, flat; also, ill-tasting, nauseous, esp. through being over-sweet.1548 Udall Erasm. Par. Pref. to King a vj, Honey is waloweishe and ouercasteth the stomake. a 1586 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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ramage
▪ I. † ramage, n.1 Obs. rare. [f. ramage a.; the OF. n. is not recorded in the same senses.] 1. Wildness, high spirit, courage. In first quot. perh. an adj. (qualifying woodnes).1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 285 Malice or hete, woodnes, ramage, or pride orguillous. a 1500 Promp. Parv. 422/2 (MS... Oxford English Dictionary
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merry-gall
† merry-gall Obs. Also 6 merrygald, 7 merigal. [See gall n.2: the first element might so far as form is concerned be mery marrow1, but the sense of the combination is not obvious.] A sore produced by chafing.1575 Turberv. Venerie 139 (May be) he seekes to haue my Sewet for himselfe, Whiche sooner he... Oxford English Dictionary
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round
▪ I. round, n.1 (raʊnd) Forms: α. 4 roonde, 6 Sc. ronde, runde, 9 Sc. roond; 5 rownde, 5–7 rownd; 5–6 rounde (6 rovnde), 6– round (7 rovnd). β. 5–7 rowne, 5 rown, 8–9 dial. roun', roon'. [Partly a. F. rond masc. or ronde fem., and partly absolute uses of round a. Cf. Du. rond, Da. and Sw. rund, G. r... Oxford English Dictionary
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