| Buckram | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ 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. ). [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Bot.) A plant. See Ramson. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Buckram | a. 1. Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Stiff; precise. “Buckram dames.” Brooke. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Buckram | v. t. To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Krameria | ‖prop. n. [ NL. So called after the German botanists, J. G. H. Kramer & W. H. Kramer. ] (Bot.) A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (Krameria triandra), found in Peru, rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Krameric | a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, Krameria (rhatany); as, krameric acid, usually called ratanhia-tannic acid. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Lockram | n. [ F. locrenan, locronan; from Locronan, in Brittany, where it is said to have been made. ] A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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