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ramp
1778, "slope," from Fr.
rampe,
back-formation from O.Fr. verb
ramper
"to climb, creep" (12c.), perhaps from Frank.
*rampon
"to contract oneself" (cf. O.H.G.
rimpfan
"to wrinkle," O.E.
hrimpan
"to fold, wrinkle"