Category:Ram

Ram, n. Etym: [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.

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.

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.

4. A hydraulic ram. See under 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) (fort.) A low Semicircular work situated in and commanding a ditch. [written also Ramshorn.] Farrow. (b) (paleon.) An ammonite.

Ram Ram, 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. [they] rammed me in with foul shirts, and smocks, socks, foul Stockings, greasy napkins. Shak.

2. To fill or compact by pounding or driving. A ditch. . . was filled with some sound materials, and rammed to Make the foundation solid. Arbuthnot.

See also Category:Sheep

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Ram - Exalted. (1.) The son of Hezron, and one of the ancestors of the royal line (Ruth 4:19). The margin of 1 Chronicles 2:9, also Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4 and Luke 3:33, have "Aram." (2.) One of the sons of Jerahmeel (1 Chronicles 2:25, 1 Chronicles 2:27). (3.) A person mentioned in Job 32:2 as founder of a clan to which Elihu belonged. The same as Aram of Genesis 22:21.