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▪ 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.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 134/7 Ramusium, ramesan. c1000Durham Gloss. in Sax. Leechd. III. 304/2 Ramuscium, Hrameson. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 561/13 Acticola, ramsyn. 1547Boorde Brev. Health xv. 12 b, They muste eat no salades, garlyke, ramsons, onyons, chybolles, or scalyons. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 29 That poysonous medicament..such as be Ramsons, Savine, Leeks, &c. 1733Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 2), Allium, sylvestre latifolium, Ramson's. 1805Medical Jrnl. XIV. 65 Ramsons. Ramson garlic. 1879–in south-western dial. glossaries. ▪ II. ramson obs. form of ransom. |