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Buckras vs Buckrams - What's the difference?

buckras | buckrams |

As nouns the difference between buckras and buckrams

is that buckras is plural of buckra while buckrams is alternative form of buckram|nodot=9 ("ramson").

As a verb buckrams is

third-person singular of buckram.

buckras

English

Noun

(head)

    • buckrams

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • ("ramson").

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (buckram)

    • buckram

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , bougueran, probably ultimately from .

    Noun

    (en-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.
  • *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.

    • Verb

  • To stiffen with or as if with buckram.

    • Etymology 2

    Perhaps from earlier buckrams, from .

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A plant, Allium ursinum , also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.

    • See also

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