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RAM
1. The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
2. Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March. The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
3. An motor of war used for butting or battering. Specifically: In ancient warfare, a longbeam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram.
A hard steel or ironbeak attached to the prow of a steam warvessel for piercing or cuttingdown the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak.
4. A hydraulic ram. See Hydraulic.
5. The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
6. The plunger of a hydraulic press. Ram's horn.
A lowsemicircularwork located in and commanding a ditch.
Alternative forms: ramshorn] .
An ammonite.
Origin: AS. Ramm, ram; akin to OHG. & D. Ram, Prov. G. Ramm, and perh. To Icel. Ramr strong.
Source: Websters Vocabulary