Ram"mel (rm"ml), n. Refuse matter. [Obs.]

Filled with any rubbish, rammel and broken stones.

Holland.

Ram"mer (-mr), n. One who, or that which, rams or drives. Specifically:

(a) An instrument for driving anything with force; as, a rammer for

driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity. (b)

A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod. (c) (Founding) An

implement for pounding the sand of a mold to render it compact.

Ram"mish (-msh), a. Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious. "Their savor

is so rammish." Chaucer.

Ram"mish*ness, n. The quality of being rammish.

Ram"my (-m), a. Like a ram; rammish. Burton.

Ram`ol*les"cence (rm`l*ls"sens), n. [F. ramollir to make soft, to

soften; pref. re- re- + amollir to soften; a (L. ad) + mollir to

soften, L. mollire, fr. mollis soft.] A softening or mollifying. [R.]

Ra*moon" (r*mn"), n. (Bot.) A small West Indian tree (Trophis

Americana) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as

fodder for cattle.

Ra*mose" (r*ms"), a. [L. ramosus, from ramus a branch.] Branched, as

the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of,

or having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branchy.

Ra"mous (r"ms), a. Ramose.

Ramp (rmp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ramped (rmt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n.

Ramping.] [F. ramper to creep, OF., to climb; of German origin; cf. G.

raffen to snatch, LG. & D. rapen. See Rap to snatch, and cf. Romp.]

1. To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant;

hence, to frolic; to romp.

2. To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with

violence.

Their bridles they would champ, And trampling the fine element

would fiercely ramp.

Spenser.

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