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Ramsay

[ ram-zee ]

noun

  1. Allan, 1686–1758, Scottish poet.
  2. James Andrew Broun. Dalhousie ( def 2 ).
  3. Sir William, 1852–1916, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1904.


Ramsay

/ ˈræmzɪ /

noun

  1. RamsayAllan?16861758MScottishWRITING: poetWRITING: editorWRITING: bookseller Allan . ?1686–1758, Scottish poet, editor, and bookseller, noted particularly for his pastoral comedy The Gentle Shepherd (1725): first person to introduce the circulating library in Scotland
  2. RamsayAllan17131784MScottishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter his son, Allan 1713–84, Scottish portrait painter
  3. James Andrew Broun Ramsay
    James Andrew Broun Ramsay See Dalhousie
  4. RamsayGordon1963MBritishCOOKERY: chef Gordon. born 1963, British chef and restaurateur; achieved a third Michelin star (2001)
  5. RamsaySir William18521916MScottishSCIENCE: chemist Sir William . 1852–1916, Scottish chemist. He discovered argon (1894) with Rayleigh, isolated helium (1895), and identified neon, krypton, and xenon: Nobel prize for chemistry 1904


Ramsay

/ răm /

  1. British chemist who discovered the noble gases argon (with Lord Rayleigh), helium, neon, xenon, and krypton. For this work he was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize for chemistry. In 1908 his research showed that radon was also a noble gas.


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The Daily Pic: Debra Ramsay records nature as a series of computer-mixed stripes.

At one point, Ramsay is shown crowing over one of their desserts.

Gordon Ramsay traveled across the U.S. for his new show, Hotel Hell.

Both capture a reality: Gordon Ramsay helping troubled restaurant owners, yelling at them, and fixing their problems.

Ramsay doubtless felt the need to make something extraordinary from this pulpy departure point.

Andrew Michael Ramsay, a Scottish historian and philosopher, died.

Aberdeenshire alone furnished more than half the anecdotes collected by Dean Ramsay.

Mrs. Ramsay's return cut short any further conversation, and they all sat down to tea, a strange little party.

When Mrs. Ramsay returned she found Mysie in a fainting condition, thoroughly exhausted, and on the point of collapse.

The music of Mr. Ramsay's inscription labours under the same defect of excessive shortness.

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