ram

ram is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

[2] Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.

[3] The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.

[4] An engine of war used for butting or battering. Specifically:

[5] In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering- ram.

[6] 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.

[7] A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.

[8] The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.

[9] The plunger of a hydraulic press. Ram`s horn. (a) (Fort.) A low semicircular work situated in and commanding a ditch. [Written also ramshorn.] Farrow. (b) (Paleon.) An ammonite.