| • | The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup. |
| • | Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March. |
| • | The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name. |
| • | An engine of war used for butting or battering. |
| • | In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic. |
| • | The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like. |
| • | The plunger of a hydraulic press. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To fill or compact by pounding or driving. |
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