Definition of Rammers

1. Noun. (plural of rammer) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rammers

1. rammer [n] - See also: rammer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rammers

ramiprilat
ramis
ramisection
ramitis
ramjet
ramjet engine
ramjets
ramline
ramlines
rammed
rammed earth
rammel
rammelsbergite
rammelsbergites
rammer
rammers (current term)
rammier
rammies
rammiest
ramming
rammish
rammishness
rammy
ramnification
ramollescence
ramona
ramonas
ramontchi
ramoon
ramorelix

Literary usage of Rammers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"rammers for Light Work.—A form of pneumatic rammer for light work is shown in ... This form is provided with two rammers d and e, one at each end f and g of ..."

2. General Foundry Practice by Andrew McWilliam, Percy Longmuir (1907)
"Double - ended pegging rammers may be used, the two ends being of different size. ... Flat rammers, such as В in fig. 7, are employed for the final ramming. ..."

3. A Treatise on Concrete, Plain and Reinforced: Materials, Construction, and by Frederick Winslow Taylor, Sanford Eleazer Thompson (1905)
"rammers for wedging the stones together and forcing the finer Dry Concrete. ... The style of rammers ordinarily used for dry mixed or medium concrete are ..."

4. U. S. Infantry Tactics: For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the by United States War Dept (1863)
"... to loosen the rammers; the front rank man of every odd file will facilitate the disengagement of the rammers, if necessary, by drawing them out slightly ..."

5. The Metropolitan (1834)
"... his cannisters of sugar and gunpowder (tea), and the spooney spoons, instead of the truculent rammers, equally good at driving home wad and shot, ..."

6. A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several Systems of Discipline by William Duane (1810)
"... rammers, and ( ladles, in sets . . 20 Tools to work in trenches . 40003 SIENS, Fr. The plural of sien, bis, trr't or one's own. ..."

7. A Treatise on Chemistry Applied to the Manufacture of Soap and Candles by Campbell Morfit (1856)
"This series of rammers, shown at E, is formed of separate hollow tubes, supported in the cross-piece gg, each of which tubes is provided with a small spring ..."

8. Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1866)
"... With decks afloat, and powder gone, The last broadside we gave From the guns' heated iron lips Burst out beneath the wave. So sponges, rammers ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Rammers on Dictionary.com!Search for Rammers on Thesaurus.com!Search for Rammers on Google!Search for Rammers on Wikipedia!

Search