Ramrod
['ræmrɒd] or ['ræm'rɑd]
Definition
(noun.) a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm.
(noun.) a rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm.
(noun.) a harshly demanding overseer.
Inputed by Abner--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
Checker: Marie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Rammer.
Typist: Steven
Definition
n. a rod used in ramming down the charge in a gun.—n. Ram′rod-bay′onet.—adj. Ram′roddy stiff like a ramrod.
Typed by Bert
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a ramrod, denotes unfortunate adventures. You will have cause for grief. For a young woman to see one bent or broken, foretells that a dear friend or lover will fail her.
Typed by Helga
Examples
- As the arquebus succeeded the bow and arrow, so the musket, a smooth and single-barrel muzzle-loader with a flint-lock and a wooden ramrod, succeeded the arquebus. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- After they had introduced the musket with the snap-haunce and wooden ramrod, it became known, in the time of Queen Elizabeth, as the Brown Bess. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They have brought cannon balls, broken ramrods, fragments of shell--iron enough to freight a sloop. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Williams