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ramie|ˈræmiː|
Also ramee, rami (rami).
[Malay rāmī.]
a. A Chinese and East Indian plant of the nettle family, Bœhmeria nivea, called also rhea and grass-cloth plant.
b. The fine fibre of this plant, extensively employed in weaving.
[1817Raffles Java I. 7 Among plants, the widúri and rámi, the fibres of the latter afford very strong and durable cords.] 1832W. Roxburgh et al. Flora Indica III. 590 Rami, the Malay name in the Island of Pulo Pinang. A native of the Island of Sumatra, where it is cultivated for its bark, which abounds in fibres of very great strength and fineness. 1839T. J. Newbold Straits of Malacca I. vii. 444 The Rámi Rámi.., the fibres of which the Malays twist into fishing lines, cordage, etc., flourishes on the peninsula. 1868A. Gray Field, Forest & Garden Bot. 299 Ramie, or the Grass-Cloth Plant of China,..is recently planted S.W. for its very valuable textile fibres. 1888Times 22 Sept. 6/6 The best machine for extracting the fibre of ramie in a green state. 1895[see filasse]. 1897Westm. Gaz. 3 July 6/2 The canvas is made of Indian ramee. 1909Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 699/2 The future of the mantle lies in the discovery of some material which can take the place of cotton or ramie. 1955Sci. News Let. 2 Apr. 213/2 Ramie..produces a strong silky fiber used to make upholstery material. 1963R. R. A. Higham Handbk. Papermaking xiii. 264 Ramie..and hemp..were used prior to the third century ad. 1976Times 29 Apr. 8/8 A wall hanging made in..herdwick, swaledale, Welsh kemp, raw and treated ramie, flax, alpaca, mohair. 1978Nagel's Encycl.-Guide: China 277 China produces tobacco (400,000 tons in 1956) and fibre-bearing plants—jute, ramie, hemp.
attrib. and Comb.1874Rep. Comm. Agric. 1873 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 262 A treatise has been prepared by Emile Lefranc, of the ‘Southern Ramie-Planting Association’. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 742/1 Ramie Machinery. 1890Hosie West China 73 The cloth is manufactured from Ramie-fibre. 1906Westm. Gaz. 21 July 5/3 The ramie plant—a tall, bushy member of the nettle family. Ibid., The ramie undergarments are so light and..occupy so little space that they make one covetous on a hot July day. 1909Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 24 June 5/6 (Advt.), Ramie-cloth and natural linen. 1949Sun (Baltimore) 11 Mar. 7/2 The pioneer ramie producers and manufacturers. 1965‘Han Suyin’ Crippled Tree ii. 22 The weavers of ramie cloth along the water courses are Hakkas (‘guest people’).
c. A garment woven of ramie fibre.
1922Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 145/1 Mrs. Godfrey, insufficiently but comfortably clothed in a rami, sat under the shade of her veranda. 1928Funk's Stand. Dict., Ramie,..3. (Papua.) A skirt, waist-cloth, or kilt of ramie. |