rauncen.
/rɔːns/, U.S. /rɔns/, /rɑns/ poetic. Now rare.
A bramble.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > bramble or blackberry bush
bramblec1000
bramble-brierc1000
bremberOE
brierc1000
hound's thornc1420
bramec1425
blackberry?1550
bramble-bush1579
stone bramble1744
raunce1840
bush-lawyer1853
lawyer1857
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > blackberry bush
bramblec1000
bramble-brierc1000
bremberOE
bramec1425
blackberry?1550
bramble-bush1579
raunce1840
1840 R. Browning Sordello vi. 461 Alberic,..tied on to a wild horse, was trailed To death thro' raunce and bramble-bush.
1868 E. Bulwer-Lytton Chrons. & Char. I. 169 Rough the road With raunce and bramble, where once breathed and glow'd The clear-cupp'd cistus and bright asphodel.
1909 J. Davidson Fleet St. 91 Tinctured with opulent dyes Of the lily, the rose and the raunce.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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