Ram
in machinery, the weight of a pile or post driver (see MONKEY). In nautical language: (1) A beak of iron or steel at the bow of a war-vessel, designed to crush in the sides of an adversary by running against her "end on"; the ram can be detached from the vessel. (2) A steam iron-clad, armed at the bow below the water-line with such a beak. In old warfare, same as BAT- TERING RAM (q. v.). In shipbuilding, a spar, hooped at the end, and used for moving timbers on end by a jolting blow.
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