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▪ I. ramming, vbl. n.1|ˈræmɪŋ|
[f. ram v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. in its various senses. Also with adv.
c1440Promp. Parv. 422/2 Rammynge, of a grownde. 1464Nottingham Rec. (1883) II. 371 For makyng of holes and rammyng..iiijd. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Maçoneria,..ramming in. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. ix. 177 The cry arose..‘A ramming! a ramming!’.. He was poised like an ancient battering-ram, and driven headlong against the wall of the kiln. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. 325/2 Ramming is essential for the stability of the ramparts.
attrib.1775N. D. Falck Day's Diving Vess. 27 At the top [of a rammer] was a ring to hold the ramming rope.
▪ II. † ramming, vbl. n.2 ? Obs.
[f. ram n.1 + -ing1.]
The copulation of sheep. Only attrib. in ramming-time.
1590Swinburne Treat. Testaments 163 The spotted stickes being laide before Labans sheepe at the ramming time. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 487 By the behaviour of Sheep at their Rutting or Ramming time the Shepherds observe tempests.
▪ III. ramming, ppl. a.|ˈræmɪŋ|
[f. ram v.1]
1. slang. Forcible, ‘go-ahead’.
1825Sporting Mag. XVII. 38 The most ramming, cramming, jamming cove you ever saw perform.
2. dial. Very big, huge.
1864J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 226 He worried a great, ramming rat. 1877–in northern glossaries. |