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English
Noun
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.
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Quotations
:*1882: Buckram was probably from the first a stiffened material employed for lining, often dyed. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers,
A History of Agriculture and Prices in England
, Volume 4, p. 557.
A plant, also called
ramson
or wild
garlic
.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ramson \Ram"son\ (r[a^]m"z'n), n. [AS. hramsan, pl., akin to G.
rams, Sw. rams, ramsl["o]k; cf. Gr. kro`myon onion.] (Bot.)
A broad-leaved species of garlic (
Allium ursinum
), common
in European gardens; -- called also
buckram
.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Buckram \Buck"ram\, n. [OE. bokeram, bougeren, OF. boqueran, F.
bougran, MHG. buckeram, LL. buchiranus, boquerannus, fr. MHG.
boc, G. bock, goat (as being made of goat's hair), or fr. F.
bouracan, by transposing the letter r. See
Buck
,
Barracan
.]
1. 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.
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Note: Buckram was formerly a very different material from
that now known by the name. It was used for wearing
apparel, etc. --Beck (Draper's Dict. ).
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2. (Bot.) A plant. See
Ramson
. --Dr. Prior.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Buckram \Buck"ram\, a.
1. Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.
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2. Stiff; precise. "Buckram dames." --Brooke.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Buckram \Buck"ram\, v. t.
To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff. --Cowper.
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WordNet
buckram
adj : rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff
and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" [syn:
starchy
,
stiff
]
n : a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in
bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
v : stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
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