Ramal
(Ra"mal) a. [L. ramus branch.] Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branch; rameal.
Ramayana
(||Ra*ma"ya*na) n. [Skr. Ramaya&nsdota.] The more ancient of the two great epic poems
in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.
Ramberge
(Ram"berge) n. [F., fr. rame oar + barge barge.] Formerly, a kind of large war galley.
Ramble
(Ram"ble) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling ] [For rammle, fr.
Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. Roam.]
1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly
or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world.
He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down
as a bubble by the wind?
Locke. 2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
3. To extend or grow at random. Thomson.
Syn. — To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
Ramble
(Ram"ble), n.
1. A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or
stroll merely for recreation.
Coming home, after a short Christmas ramble.
Swift. 2. [Cf. Rammel.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond.
Rambler
(Ram"bler) n. One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.
Rambling
(Ram"bling) a. Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building.
Ramblingly
(Ram"bling*ly), adv. In a rambling manner.
Rambooze
(Ram"booze) n. A beverage made of wine, ale sugar, etc. [Obs.] Blount.
Rambutan
(Ram*bu"tan) n. [Malay rambutan, fr. rambut hair of the head.] (Bot.) A Malayan fruit
produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum, and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval
in shape, covered with coarse hairs and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also ramboostan.
Rameal
(Ra"me*al) a. Same as Ramal. Gray.
Ramean
(Ra"me*an) n. A Ramist. Shipley.
Ramed
(Ramed) a. Having the frames, stem, and sternpost adjusted; — said of a ship on the stocks.
