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RAM, n. See the Verb.
1. The male of the sheep or ovine genus in some parts of England called a tup. In the United States, the word is applied, I believe, to no other male, except in the compound ram-cat.
2. In astronomy, Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters on the 21st of March, or a constellation of fixed stars in the figure of a ram. It is considered the first of the twelve signs.
3. An engine of war, used formerly for battering and demolishing the walls of cities called a battering-ram. See Battering-ram.
RAM, L. ramus, a branch that is a shoot or thrust. Heb. See Cram.
1. To thrust or drive with violence to force in to drive down or together as, to ram down a cartridge to ram piles into the earth.
2. To drive, as with a battering ram.
3. To stuff to cram.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Ram'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/r/ram.html.
Entry for 'Ram'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/r/ram.html.
