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RAM

Volume 15 · 63 words · 1797 Edition

in zoology. See Ovis.

Battering RAM, in antiquity, a military engine used to... to batter down the walls of besieged places. See Battering Ram.

Ram's Head, in a ship, is a great block belonging to the fore and main halyards. It has three slves in it, in which the halyards are put; and in a hole at the end are reved the ties.