Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To turn to rubbish; molder.
  • noun Refuse wood, as of twigs or small branches, or decayed woody matter.
  • noun Rubbish, especially bricklayers' rubbish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Refuse matter.

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  • noun obsolete refuse matter

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Examples

  • It sets me thinkin ', sometimes, when aw tak a rammel abaat th' hills an 'valleys o' mi own neighborhood, what i 'th' name o 'fortun' maks ivvery body lang to get as far away throo hooam as they can to enjoy thersens.

    Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

  • Scolytid beetles in their burrows, in which copulation takes place: = rammel-kammer.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

  • All these were duly packed away deep in the traveller's scrip, and above them old pippin-faced brother Athanasius had placed a parcel of simnel bread and rammel cheese, with a small flask of the famous blue-sealed Abbey wine.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • All these were duly packed away deep in the traveller's scrip, and above them old pippin-faced brother Athanasius had placed a parcel of simnel bread and rammel cheese, with a small flask of the famous blue-sealed Abbey wine.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • All these were duly packed away deep in the traveller's scrip, and above them old pippin-faced brother Athanasius had placed a parcel of simnel bread and rammel cheese, with a small flask of the famous blue-sealed Abbey wine.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • All these were duly packed away deep in the traveller's scrip, and above them old pippin-faced brother Athanasius had placed a parcel of simnel bread and rammel cheese, with a small flask of the famous blue-sealed Abbey wine.

    The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • All these were duly packed away deep in the traveller's scrip, and above them old pippin-faced brother Athanasius had placed a parcel of simnel bread and rammel cheese, with a small flask of the famous blue-sealed Abbey wine.

    The White Company 1890

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