n. [ AS. ramm, ram; akin to OHG. & D. ram, Prov. G. ramm, and perh. to Icel. ramr strong. ] 1. The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) (a) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March. (b) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An engine of war used for butting or battering. Specifically: (a) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram. (b) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The plunger of a hydraulic press. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ram's horn. (a) (Fort.) A low semicircular work situated in and commanding a ditch. [ Written also ramshorn. ] Farrow. (b) (Paleon.) An ammonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rammed p. pr. & vb. n. Ramming. ] 1. To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] rammed me in with foul shirts, and smocks, socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill or compact by pounding or driving. [ 1913 Webster ]

A ditch . . . was filled with some sound materials, and rammed to make the foundation solid. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Ar. rama&dsdot_;ān, or ramazān, properly, the hot month. ] [ Written also Ramadhan, Ramadzan, and Rhamadan. ] 1. The ninth Mohammedan month. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wild; untamed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. ramus a branch. ] 1. Boughs or branches. [ Obs. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Warbling of birds in trees. [ Obs. ] Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wild; not tame. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Now is he tame that was so ramagious. Remedy of Love. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ramus branch. ] Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branch; rameal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Skr. Rāmāya&nsdot_;a. ] The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. rame oar + barge barge. ] Formerly, a kind of large war galley. [ 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 ]