Read full poem →And little pigs, base hogsties' sacrifice,
And rams with horns their hard heads wreathËd back;
Only the goddess-hated goat did lack,
Dictionary Entry
A male sheep, typically uncastrated
In a Sentence
“The farmer led the rams to the pasture for grazing.”
Origin
Old English ramm, from Proto-Germanic *rammaz meaning ‘strong male animal’
Common Phrases
. ramsrams batteringrams angelesrams tworams hydraulic
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Poetry examples for “rams”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →'She was nae get o' runted rams,
Wi' woo' like goats an' legs like trams;
Read full poem →and marching in with flying colours, they came up to the Recorder’s
house, and that was almost as strong as was the castle. Battering-rams
they took also with them, to plant against the castle gates. When they