rambles

(Bot.) The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together. [ 1913 Webster ]

He jumped into a bramble bush
And scratched out both his eyes. Mother Goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Overgrown with brambles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A net to catch birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bramline. See Bramble, n. ] (Zool.) The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles. “In brambly wildernesses.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rambled p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling ] [ For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. Roam. ] 1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the wind? Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To extend or grow at random. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coming home, after a short Christmas ramble. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. Rammel. ] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A section of woods suitable for leisurely walking. [ PJC ]

4. a type of dance; as, the Muskrat ramble. [ PJC ]

n. One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a rambling manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scrambled p. pr. & vb. n. Scrambling ] [ Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf. Scrabble. ] 1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of other care they little reckoning make,
Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scarcity [ of money ] enhances its price, and increases the scramble. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eggs of which the whites and yolks are stirred together while cooking, or eggs beaten slightly, often with a little milk, and stirred while cooking. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A greedy and unceremonious contestant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- Scram"bling*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

A huge old scrambling bedroom. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]