ram's-horn

ram's horn n SOURCES for _ram's -horn_ from Wm . Barnes _A Glossary of the Dorset Dialect_ _Reames_ . A skeleton The frame or ligaments of a thing. "Here be the reames of a bird ." _Reamy_. That may be pulled out without breaking, like hot toasted cheese . Spoken of slack bread ....

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Summary:ram's horn n SOURCES for _ram's -horn_ from Wm . Barnes _A Glossary of the Dorset Dialect_ _Reames_ . A skeleton The frame or ligaments of a thing. "Here be the reames of a bird ." _Reamy_. That may be pulled out without breaking, like hot toasted cheese . Spoken of slack bread . from Fred. W.D. Jago _Glossary of the Cornish Dialect etc_. _Rames_ . The skeleton ,as, "the rames of a goose" see _Rame_ sb.' ~ OED (noted in South-Western glossaries for Gloc. , Som. Devon, Cornwall ) see over _Rames_ was a common word in Beaumont when I was a child Used I Used I Not used Reverse side of R_13297. This belongs to a series of cards, numbered R_3294 to R_13303.