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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAM'MER, n.
1. One that rams or drives.
2. An instrument for driving any thing with force; as a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity.
3. A gun-stick; a ramrod; a rod for forcing down the charge of a gun.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a tool for driving something with force

Merriam Webster's

noun see ram II

Oxford Reference Dictionary

see RAM.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rammer Ram"mer, n. One who, or that which, rams or drives. Specifically: (a) An instrument for driving anything force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity. (b) A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod. (c) (Founding) An implement for pounding the sand of a mold to render it compact.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Ramrod, gun-stick.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The arm. The busnapper's kenchin seized my rammer; i.e. the watchman laid hold of my arm. Cant.