(n.) A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
(n.) A plant. See Ramson.
(a.) Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.
(a.) Stiff; precise.
(v. t.) To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.
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Ramson
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(n.) A broad-leaved species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; -- called also buckram.
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(1) Two new mannose-binding lectins were isolated from garlic (Allium sativum, ASA) and ramsons (Allium ursinum, AUA) bulbs, of the family Alliaceae, by affinity chromatography on immobilized mannose.
(2) Ramsons and Bramble Ramson and Bramble, created by a vegetarian chef, is a step closer to indulgence than some veggie blogs, but all the better for it.
(3) And then there's Ramsons (mains from £11.50) a place close to my heart as I spent two years prior to opening Aumbry working there.