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Ram (2)
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
(2):
(n.) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.
(3):
(n.) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
(4):
(n.) An engine of war used for butting or battering.
(5):
(n.) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram.
(6):
(n.) A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
(7):
(v. t.) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
(8):
(n.) The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
(9):
(v. t.) 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.
(10):
(n.) 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.
(11):
(n.) The plunger of a hydraulic press.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ram (2)'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/ram-2.html. 1828.
