ramien.adj.

Brit.

/ˈrami/, U.S.

/ˈræmi/,

/ˈreɪmi/

Forms:

α. 1800s ramee, 1800s– rami, 1800s– ramie.

β. 1800s– rami rami (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay rami.

Etymology: < Malay rami. Compare French ramie (1868; 1858 as ramieh).In β. forms < Malay rami-rami, a reduplicated form.

A. n.

a. The herbaceous plant Boehmeria nivea (family Urticaceae), originating in tropical Asia and widely cultivated for its valuable fibre; also called China grass, grass-cloth plant, and rhea. Also ramie grass, ramie plant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Asian

Japan allspice1789

ramie1817

kaffir lime1824

luculia1826

rice-paper plant1832

pith plant1834

chimonanthus1836

jiti1836

rhea1837

leycesteria1838

wintersweet1846

crape-myrtle1850

skimmia1853

China-grass1858

taccada1866

saxaul1874

white kerria1900

sarcococca1914

1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java I. 37 Among plants, the widúri and rámi, the fibres of the latter afford very strong and durable cords.

1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. 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.

1884 Weekly Scotsman 9 Feb. 1/7 The rhea, China grass, or ramie plant, as it is variously called, is said to possess the strongest fibre in nature.

1955 Sci. News Let. 2 Apr. 213/2 Ramie..produces a strong silky fiber used to make upholstery material.

1978 Nagel's Encycl.-guide: China (ed. 3) 277 China produces tobacco (400,000 tons in 1956) and fibre-bearing plants—jute, ramie, hemp.

1997 Guardian 3 Mar. ii. 15/4 Coconut fibre and banana fibre are also being evaluated along with ramie grass, a variety of nettle widely cultivated in China to make clothes, bank notes and gas mantles.

b. The very long, strong, and silky fibre of this plant, used in weaving and rope-making. Also ramie fibre.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > other textiles obtained from plants > [noun]

flax1553

vegetable silka1660

pulu1833

ramie1851

moc-main1857

China-grass1858

tree-wool1870

istle1883

arghan1922

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 924/1 The twine of this net is made from the rami fibre, Urtica nivea.

1869 F. P. Porcher Resources Southern Fields & Forests (new ed.) 313 Of the merits of Ramie, it is stated to be as good as linen cambric or silk.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 3 July 6/2 The canvas is made of Indian ramee.

1909 Chambers'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.

1963 V. E. Graham Trop. Wild Flowers 16 Many members of the family [Urticaceae] yield fibres in their stems, the best known being Ramie fibre.

1997 Independent 3 Feb. i. 20/7 A fibre called ramie is the strongest [plant fibre]. Its fibres are eight times as strong as those of cotton.

2. A skirt-like garment woven from ramie fibre, worn esp. in the South Pacific.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > other > article of

linsey-woolsey1483

kelter1562

buffin1572

marry-muff1604

tiffany1606

camlet1623

grogram1633

pepper-and-salt1774

toilenette1790

zephyrine1820

feather-mail1843

alpaca1853

khaki1857

ramie1899

marocain1922

sharkskin1957

Ultrasuede1973

1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 28 208 An unmarried woman can easily be distinguished from a married woman..by the make and shape of her rami or petticoat, the only covering she wears.

1922 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 145/1 Mrs. Godfrey, insufficiently but comfortably clothed in a rami, sat under the shade of her veranda.

1979 R. Stow Visitants i. 14 He was..sitting there in a clump of Papuans.., lording it over them in his navy-blue shirt and rami that show he's Government.

2002 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 15 Feb. 22 By afternoon, she'd wrestled the ramie back down to a ‘medium’ and had it blocked out and drying on towels on the kitchen table.

B. adj. (attributive).

Made of ramie.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials

warm?c1225

furredc1325

russet1390

imperial purple1577

furry1691

kidden1714

Shetland1790

pepper-and-salt1792

dreadnought1798

cilice1812

moleskin1836

nainsook1852

lingeriea1865

pepper-salt1882

Milanese1897

ramie1906

pinstripe1935

stranded1935

Day-Glo1949

1906 Westm. Gaz. 21 July 5/3 The ramie undergarments are so light and..occupy so little space that they make one covetous on a hot July day.

1986 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 10 Mar. b4 Domestic textile mills want to clamp down on ramie clothing made overseas.

Compounds

General attributive, as ramie-cloth, ramie cotton, ramie machinery, ramie producer, etc.

ΚΠ

1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 487 The bark presented was in the crude condition as it came from the Ramie machine.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 742/1 Ramie Machinery, machinery for decorticating and reducing the rhea fibre or China grass.

1949 Sun (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’).

1988 D. Kuhn in J. Needham Sci. & Civilisation in China ix. 60 Hand-spun ramie yarn could be made three times finer than the best machine-spun quality produced today.

1996 Victoria's Secret Catal. Fall 75 Imported ramie cotton.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ramie
释义	ramien.adj. Brit. /ˈrami/, U.S. /ˈræmi/, /ˈreɪmi/ Forms: α. 1800s ramee, 1800s– rami, 1800s– ramie. β. 1800s– rami rami (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay rami. Etymology: < Malay rami. Compare French ramie (1868; 1858 as ramieh).In β. forms < Malay rami-rami, a reduplicated form. A. n. 1. a. The herbaceous plant Boehmeria nivea (family Urticaceae), originating in tropical Asia and widely cultivated for its valuable fibre; also called China grass, grass-cloth plant, and rhea. Also ramie grass, ramie plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Asian Japan allspice1789 ramie1817 kaffir lime1824 luculia1826 rice-paper plant1832 pith plant1834 chimonanthus1836 jiti1836 rhea1837 leycesteria1838 wintersweet1846 crape-myrtle1850 skimmia1853 China-grass1858 taccada1866 saxaul1874 white kerria1900 sarcococca1914 1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java I. 37 Among plants, the widúri and rámi, the fibres of the latter afford very strong and durable cords. 1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. 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. 1884 Weekly Scotsman 9 Feb. 1/7 The rhea, China grass, or ramie plant, as it is variously called, is said to possess the strongest fibre in nature. 1955 Sci. News Let. 2 Apr. 213/2 Ramie..produces a strong silky fiber used to make upholstery material. 1978 Nagel's Encycl.-guide: China (ed. 3) 277 China produces tobacco (400,000 tons in 1956) and fibre-bearing plants—jute, ramie, hemp. 1997 Guardian 3 Mar. ii. 15/4 Coconut fibre and banana fibre are also being evaluated along with ramie grass, a variety of nettle widely cultivated in China to make clothes, bank notes and gas mantles. b. The very long, strong, and silky fibre of this plant, used in weaving and rope-making. Also ramie fibre. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > other textiles obtained from plants > [noun] flax1553 vegetable silka1660 pulu1833 ramie1851 moc-main1857 China-grass1858 tree-wool1870 istle1883 arghan1922 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 924/1 The twine of this net is made from the rami fibre, Urtica nivea. 1869 F. P. Porcher Resources Southern Fields & Forests (new ed.) 313 Of the merits of Ramie, it is stated to be as good as linen cambric or silk. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 3 July 6/2 The canvas is made of Indian ramee. 1909 Chambers'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. 1963 V. E. Graham Trop. Wild Flowers 16 Many members of the family [Urticaceae] yield fibres in their stems, the best known being Ramie fibre. 1997 Independent 3 Feb. i. 20/7 A fibre called ramie is the strongest [plant fibre]. Its fibres are eight times as strong as those of cotton. 2. A skirt-like garment woven from ramie fibre, worn esp. in the South Pacific. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > other > article of linsey-woolsey1483 kelter1562 buffin1572 marry-muff1604 tiffany1606 camlet1623 grogram1633 pepper-and-salt1774 toilenette1790 zephyrine1820 feather-mail1843 alpaca1853 khaki1857 ramie1899 marocain1922 sharkskin1957 Ultrasuede1973 1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 28 208 An unmarried woman can easily be distinguished from a married woman..by the make and shape of her rami or petticoat, the only covering she wears. 1922 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 145/1 Mrs. Godfrey, insufficiently but comfortably clothed in a rami, sat under the shade of her veranda. 1979 R. Stow Visitants i. 14 He was..sitting there in a clump of Papuans.., lording it over them in his navy-blue shirt and rami that show he's Government. 2002 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 15 Feb. 22 By afternoon, she'd wrestled the ramie back down to a ‘medium’ and had it blocked out and drying on towels on the kitchen table. B. adj. (attributive). Made of ramie. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials warm?c1225 furredc1325 russet1390 imperial purple1577 furry1691 kidden1714 Shetland1790 pepper-and-salt1792 dreadnought1798 cilice1812 moleskin1836 nainsook1852 lingeriea1865 pepper-salt1882 Milanese1897 ramie1906 pinstripe1935 stranded1935 Day-Glo1949 1906 Westm. Gaz. 21 July 5/3 The ramie undergarments are so light and..occupy so little space that they make one covetous on a hot July day. 1986 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 10 Mar. b4 Domestic textile mills want to clamp down on ramie clothing made overseas. Compounds General attributive, as ramie-cloth, ramie cotton, ramie machinery, ramie producer, etc. ΚΠ 1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 487 The bark presented was in the crude condition as it came from the Ramie machine. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 742/1 Ramie Machinery, machinery for decorticating and reducing the rhea fibre or China grass. 1949 Sun (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’). 1988 D. Kuhn in J. Needham Sci. & Civilisation in China ix. 60 Hand-spun ramie yarn could be made three times finer than the best machine-spun quality produced today. 1996 Victoria's Secret Catal. Fall 75 Imported ramie cotton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1817
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