Part 661 (1/2)

RAM-RAIS, RAM-RACE, _s._ The act of running in a precipitous manner, with the head inclined downwards, S.

Teut. _ramey-en_, arietare.

_Douglas._

RAMSH, _adj._

1. Strong, robust, S. B. Su. G. _ram_, Isl. _ramm-ur_, id.

2. Lascivious, salacious, S.

Teut. _ramm-en_, salire; Alem. _romisch_, salax.

3. Harsh to the taste, S. B.

Norw. _romms_, rank; Isl. _rammr_, bitter.

RAM-STAM, _adj._ Forward, thoughtless, S.

_Burns._

~Ram-stam~, _adv._ Precipitately, S. _Ram_, and _staemm-a_, tendere.

RAMUKLOCH. _To sing ramukloch_, to cry.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Gael. _ra_, denoting motion, _muich_, sadness, and _loch_, dark, or _laoi_, day; q. ”deep sorrow,” or ”the day of sadness comes.”

_To_ RANCE, _v. a._ To prop with stakes, S. Su. G. _raenn-a_, to fasten a door with a stake.

~Rance~, _s._

1. A wooden prop, S.

2. The cross bar which joins the lower part of the frame of a chair together. Ang.

3. The cornice of a wooden bed, S.

Su. G. _ren_, a stake.

RANDER, _s._ Order, S. B.

_Ross._

Su. G. _rand_, margo, linea, pl. _rander_.