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Webster 1913 Edition
Ramp
Ramp
(rămp)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ramped
(rămt; 215)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ramping
.] 1.
To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
2.
To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.
Their bridles they would champ,
And trampling the fine element would fiercely
And trampling the fine element would fiercely
ramp
. Spenser.
3.
To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, . . . and so
ramping
upon trees, they mount up to a great height. Ray.
Ramp
,Noun.
1.
A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
The bold Ascalonite
Fled from his lion
Fled from his lion
ramp
. Milton.
2.
A highwayman; a robber.
[Prov. Eng.]
3.
A romping woman; a prostitute.
[Obs.]
Lyly.
4.
[F.
rampe
.] (Arch.)
(a)
Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.
(b)
A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.
5.
[F.
rampe
.] (Fort.)
An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ramp
RAMP
,Verb.
I.
1.
To climb, as a plant; to creep up.Plants furnished with tendrils catch hold, and so ramping on trees, they mount to a great height.
2.
To spring; to leap; to bound; to prance; to frolic.Their bridles they would champ - and trampling the fine element, would fiercely ramp.
Sporting the lion ramp'd.
[In the latter sense, the word is usually written and pronounced romp; the word being originally pronounced with a broad.]
RAMP
,Noun.