Definition of "rame"

rame¹

/reɪm/

noun
uncountable
1. (Scotland) A remark or complaint repeated incessantly.
  Quotations
  "Does he ever mention the king in his prayer?" "O yes: always." "What does he say about him?" "Something about the sceptre of righteousness, and the standard of truth. I ken he has some rhame about him."
  1818, James Hogg, The Brownie of Bodsbeck
verb
third-person singular simple present rames, present participle raming, simple past and past participle ramed
1. (Northern England, Scotland) To complain or cry incessantly.
  Quotations
  The münelicht sea—It rugs at the he'rt o' me, An' rames an' rames eternally.
  1936, J. G. Horne, Flooer o' the ling
2. (Northern England, Scotland) To talk nonsensically.
  Quotations
  Yiss, ramin, ravin mad at Betty sood be abune her edder wan wye or da idder.
  1919, Thomas Manson, Humours of a Peat Commission

rame²

/reɪm/

noun
plural rames
1. A branch.
  Quotations
  Twice in thy pleasant year the wattles crown With golden down Their somber rames, and with the gums' stiff leaves A dusk-white fragrant bloom May interweaves
  1886, Thomas Heney, Fortunate Days