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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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RAMMOCK, n.² Also ramach; romock; remack; reemock (Abd., Kcd. 1963).

1. The couch-grass, Agropyron repens (Abd. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 253); specif. its stringy roots (Abd.²⁰ 1931).Sc. 1836 A. Murray Northern Flora App. iv.:
The [Poa] pratensis has a creeping root or couch . . . This root . . . is the most easily overcome in cultivation, of all couches or remacks.Abd. 1892 J. Cromar Prodigal's Wife 133:
Here am I pechin' and sweatin' ower these romocks and knot grass.

2. A confused or twisted mass of anything (Bnff.⁴ 1925, ramach).