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† ˈram-head Obs.
[f. ram n.1]
1. One who has a head like a ram; a dull, thick-witted, or obstinate person; also, a cuckold.
1605Play Stucley in Simpson Sch. Shaks. (1878) I. 196 Drum,..make the ram-heads hear that are within. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Taylor's Pastorall 54 To be cald Ramhead is a title of honour. 1632Massinger & Field Fatal Dowry ii. i, Were it my father's trunk, The tyrannous ram-heads with their horns should gore it.
2. Naut. A halyard block: see ram's head 2.
1514in Oppenheim Adm. Royal Navy (1896) I. App. A. Ramehedes with ij shevers of Brasse. 1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 11 The ram heads, the Knights. 1704in Harris Lex. Techn.
3. Part of the arm of a crane.
1611Cotgr., Mollette,..the ram-head of a fearne, or windlesse. 1686Lond. Gaz. No. 2183/4 Stolen,..a Crane Rope cut, and the Ram-head of Iron. 1729Desaguliers in Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 200 The End of the Gibbet g with the Ram-head r, and the Weight hanging at it.
Hence † ˈram-head v. trans., to give horns to, to make a cuckold of. Obs.
1713Poor Robin (N.), For fear you should be this day wedded, And on the next day be ram-headed. |