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rammer

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rammer [′ramĀ·ər]
(engineering)
An instrument for driving something, such as wood or stones, into another material with force. Also known as beetle; maul.
(ordnance)
Device for driving a projectile into position in a gun; may be hand- or power-operated.
Tool used to remove a live projectile from the bore of a gun.

rammer
A power-driven tool used to compact soil or other granular material.


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They had the gun, by this time, slewed round upon the swivel, and Hands, who was at the muzzle with the rammer, was in consequence the most exposed.
Very little ramming was essayed after the first tragic downfall of rammer and rammed, and what ever attempts at boarding were made were invisible to Bert.
Models of cannon, bronze castings, sights covered with dents, plates battered by the shots of the Gun Club, assortments of rammers and sponges, chaplets of shells, wreaths of projectiles, garlands of howitzers-- in short, all the apparatus of the artillerist, enchanted the eye by this wonderful arrangement and induced a kind of belief that their real purpose was ornamental rather than deadly.
 
 
 
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