ramentn.
/ˈreɪm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈreɪm(ə)nt/ 1. In plural. Scrapings, shavings. rare. Now English regional.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > a) scraping(s) or shaving(s)
shavingc1386
rasurea1400
razing?a1425
scrapings1511
rasing1552
scaling1651
ramentum1658
raments1670
abrasion1684
scrapeage1851
1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 143 A saxum nitrosum, or raments of stone.
1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 38 This Liquor thus replenish'd..with the raments of Iron.
1898 R. Blakeborough Wit N. Riding Yorks. Gloss. 433 Raments, shavings, odd bits.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [noun]
huskc1400
hosea1450
pannicle1672
surfoil1672
squama1738
palea1753
spatha1753
pelt1759
pelta1760
spath1763
bract1771
scale1776
spathe1785
scalelet1787
glume1789
ramentum1793
rament1813
paleola1829
bracteole1830
bractlet1835
glumelle1836
palea1836
pale1847
periphyll1858
bracket1860
glumella1861
glumellule1861
lodicule1864
bract-sheath1870
palet1871
palea1875
pale1890
prophyllum1890
hypsophyll1895
pale1900
prophyll1902
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Rament, in botany... Applied by Linnéus to the small loose scales that are frequently found on the stems of vegetables.
1831 J. Wright Buffon's Nat. Hist. (new ed.) IV. 457 The Rament (ramentum), is a small, often bristle-shaped, leafet [sic], that is oblong, thin, and more or less of a brown colour.
1858 A. Gray Introd. Struct. & Systematic Bot. Gloss. 546/2 Raménta, raments, thin chaffy scales in place of hairs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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