Ralph
(Ralph) n. A name sometimes given to the raven.
Ralstonite
(Ral"ston*ite) n. [So named after J. G. Ralston of Norristown, Penn.] (Min.) A fluoride of
alumina and soda occurring with the Greenland cryolite in octahedral crystals.
Ram
(Ram) 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.
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 (ramd); 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. Ramadan
(||Ram`a*dan") n. [Ar. rama&dsdotan, or ramazan, properly, the hot month.] [Written also
Ramadhan, Ramadzan, and Rhamadan.]
1. The ninth Mohammedan month.
2. The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.
Ramage
(Ram"age) n. [F., fr. L. ramus a branch.]
1. Boughs or branches. [Obs.] Crabb.
2. Warbling of birds in trees. [Obs.] Drummond.
Ramage
(Ra*mage") a. Wild; untamed. [Obs.]
Ramagious
(Ra*ma"gi*ous) a. Wild; not tame. [Obs.]
Now is he tame that was so ramagious.
Remedy of Love.
