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ˈram-race Sc. and north. dial.
Also 6 -rays, 7 (9) -raise.
[f. ram n.1 + race n.1]
1. A headlong rush, like that of a ram. Also fig.
1513Douglas æneis xi. xvii. 49 Sum..Can with a ram rays to the portis dusche. 1821Blackw. Mag. IX. 163 Poor man! he ran at last a ram-race, and was taken before the session.
2. A short run preparatory to a jump.
1695Kennett Par. Antiq. II. Gloss., Ram-raise. c1815Hogg Connel of Dee xxviii, With ram-race he cleared at a bensil the wall. c1817― Tales & Sk. II. 158 They took a short race of about twelve or fourteen paces, which they denominated the ramrace. |