ram's hornn.

Brit.

/ˈramzhɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈræmzˌ(h)ɔrn/

Forms: Old English ramnes horn (transmission error), Old English–1500s rammes horn, Middle English rameys horne, Middle English ramis orn, Middle English rammys horne, Middle English–1500s rames horne, Middle English–1600s rammes horn, 1500s–1600s rams horne, 1600s– rams horn, 1700s– ram's horn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ram n.¹, horn n.

Etymology: < the genitive of ram n.¹ + horn n. In transferred uses (senses 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5) so called on account of the twisted appearance of the things denoted.

a. The horn of a ram; the material of this. Also in extended use; spec. = shofar n.Also in the proverbial phrase as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's horn.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective]

ficklea1000

hinderyeapc1000

swikelc1000

as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's hornOE

fakenOE

swikefulc1100

frakelc1175

swikec1175

wrenchfulc1225

wielfulc1275

ginfulc1300

guileful13..

treacherousc1330

guilesomea1382

guilousc1384

enginousa1393

deceivant1393

treacherc1400

serpentinec1422

deceivousa1425

guilyc1430

beguilous1483

slapea1500

fallacious1509

treget1519

gaudya1529

beguileful1530

Spanish1530

juggling?1531

snakish1532

prestigious?1534

knack-hardy1549

pratting1570

fogging1585

snakya1586

abusive1595

faithless1597

faiterous1600

guiled1600

trompant1605

amusing1609

braida1616

dodging1625

Ulyssean1639

tricksome1648

knackish1660

hocus-pocus1668

bubbling1675

rusé1689

tricking1697

trickish1705

lurching1728

tricksy1766

trickful1775

tricky1786

slippy1828

shirky1847

dodgy1861

sidewinding1902

slithery1902

hyping1968

deceiteous-

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > male > uncastrated or ram > parts of

ram's hornOE

ram horn1568

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved or bent [phrase]

as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's horn?c1325

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > horn > types of

unicorna1533

devil's horn1583

ram's horn1611

greenhorn1725

buffalo-horn1783

stag-horn1815

buck-horn1820

deer-horn1843

devil horn1854

antler1872

rhino horn1889

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xxx. 76 Hyre wos þu scealt on ramnes [OE Harl. 585 rammes, ?a1200 Harl. 6258B rammes] horne gehealdan.

?c1325 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 19 (MED) Stod y in my stirop streyt, i-schake out of the schelle, As ryt as ramis orn.

a1450 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 464 Eche astate is gouerned, yn sothenesse, Conueied be lyne—right as a rammes horne!

c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 200 They schulde have in hyr hondys ij stavys of grene hasche..at the ende a bat..And in that othyr ende a horne of yryn, i-made lyke unto a rammys horne, as scharpe at the smalle ende as hit myght be made.

1581 W. Fulke Reioynder Bristows Replie 361 If I say, this is a Lyon, it will followe vnder this visible forme, that I shewe, a Lyon is substantially contained, &c. As right as a rammes horne.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 146 If the right side of thy head doo ache, a combe made of the right side of a Rames horne, will helpe it.

1611 Bible (King James) Josh. vi. 6 Let seuen Priests beare seuen trumpets of rammes-hornes .

1658 J. Mennes & J. Smith Wit Restor'd 102 Straight as a rams horne is thy nose.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 306 A Nose like a crooked Ram's Horn.

1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xvii. 172 The thing I made..was compos'd of old Hat, pieces of Ram's-horn [etc.].

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vii. 195 Sir Arthur drew from his pocket a large ram's-horn, with a copper cover.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy ii Tom's all ram's horns, and the widow is all sheep's eyes.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iii. iii. 107 I'm as stiff as a ram's horn stooping so long.

1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto III. 312 The New Year dawned upon the Ghetto, heralded by..the long-sustained note of the ram's horn.

1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iii. v. 588 A ramshorn of snuff and glasses of mead waiting for casual callers.

1926 W. Riley From Myth to Reason ii. 81 A child..born under the Ram, might be as crooked as a ram's horn.

1947 S. Folklore Q. Dec. 263 More conventionally..a seasoned reprobate is characterized as ‘old as the hills and crooked as a ram's horn’.

1993 H. Jacobson Roots Schmoots iii. 66 We are all pulling in different directions. Only the blowing of the shofar , the ceremonial ram's horn, unites us.

†b. Decorative Arts. A curled motif resembling a pair of ram's horns. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others

popinjay1322

serpent1388

moss-work1600

flame1602

frostwork1631

damask branch1634

mascaron1664

lacework1675

swash1680

branch-work1702

escallop-shella1706

festoon work1712

ovum1728

bricking1760

rising sun1787

ram's horn1842

linen-pattern1845

linen-scroll1854

wheel-rood1862

primal1875

patch ornament1878

tree1879

wheel-cross1882

skeuomorph1889

linenfold1891

taotie1915

boteh1917

pelta1935

starburst1953

quilling1972

towel-pattern-

1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Ram's Horn, a particular kind of scroll ornament, the origin of which is from the skull and horns of the ram.

†2. Fortification. A kind of curved tenaille (tenaille n. 2). Obsolete.

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1746 J. Muller Treat. Elem. Part Fortification iii. 112 The tenailles or ramshorns, are described from the point of intersection, of the line of defence produced.

1754 J. Robertson Elements Navigation 640 A ramshorn is a curved tenail raised in the foss before the flanks, and presenting its convexity to the covered way.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Rams-horns,..are a kind of low works made in the ditch, of a circular arc; they were invented by M. Belidor, and serve instead of tenailles.

1873 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 107/2 Ramshorns, in Fortification, are semicircular works of low profile in the ditch, which they sweep, being themselves commanded by the main works.

a. Now usually in form ramshorn. Any of various herbivorous aquatic snails with flat spiral shells that constitute the family Planorbidae. Also ramshorn snail.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > Inoperculata > family Limnaeidae or Planorbidae > member of

water snail1548

ramshorn snail1778

physa1834

mud snail1890

trumpet-snail1901

1778 E. M. da Costa Brit. Conchol. 60 Fluviatiles... Cornu Arietis. Ram's Horn... The shell is rather thin and brittle, glossy, and measures from three quarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter or a half in diameter.

1800 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Shells II. Pl. XXXIX Helix cornea. Ram's horn.

1901 E. Step Shell Life xvii. 319 The next section of these Pond-snails comprises the Flat-coils (Planorbis), made familiar by the typical species—the Ram's-horn or Trumpet-snail.

1926 A. E. Ellis Brit. Snails ii. 118 The snails of this family are popularly called Ram's-horns, Flat-coils, or Trumpet Snails.

1960 Times 4 Aug. 1/3 (advt.) Pond Naturalist would gratefully acknowledge information where to collect Ramshorn Snails.

2002 Water Gardener July 9 The presence of empty giant pond and ramshorn snail shells usually indicate that leeches are present.

†b. In full ram's-horn sailor. The deep-sea cephalopod Spirula spirula, which has a spiral internal shell. Obsolete. rare.

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1782 T. Martyn Heads of Course of Lect. Nat. Hist. 25 Univalves... [Nautilus] Spirula. Ram's-horn Sailor.

1798 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. V. ii. 865 Ram's horn, Nautilus spirula... Ramshorn sailor, Nautilus spirula.

†c. A fossil shell with a spiral shape; an ammonite. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [noun] > types of

astroite1610

belemnite1646

mussel-stone1660

scallop-stone1668

trochite1676

conchite1677

ophiomorphite1677

pectinite1677

worm-stone1677

musculite1681

serpent-stone1681

sugar-plum1681

glossopetraa1684

ague shell1708

forket1708

mytilite1727

grit1748

phytolithus1761

fairy beads1767

fairy fingers1780

fairy arrow1794

gryphite1794

ram's horn1797

hysterolite1799

tubulite1799

thunder-pick1801

celleporite1808

ceraunite1814

seraph1822

serpulite1828

coprolite1829

subfossil1831

pencil1843

trigonellite1845

buccinite1852

rudist1855

guide fossil1867

witch's cradle1867

coccolith1868

fairy cheeses1869

discolith1871

Portland screw1871

spiniferite1872

cyatholith1875

cryptozoon1883

sabellite1889

palaeospecies1895

homoeomorph1898

rudistid1900

megafossil1932

scolecodont1933

macrofossil1937

hystrichosphere1955

palynomorph1961

acritarch1963

molecular fossil1965

mitrate1967

1700 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 22 682 One particular sort of Fish..bending somewhat like a Ram's Horn, and exactly creas'd like one on the outside.]

1797 G. Humphreys Museum Calonnianum 81 Corne d'Ammon. Ammon's Horn, or Ram's Horn... This is an Agate, or Chalcedony, which has been moulded in the shell of an Ammonia.

a. English regional (south-western). A kind of net for catching fish.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > other nets

Peter netc1280

flue1388

wade1388

stalker1389

shove-net1418

trod-net1523

butt1533

web1533

fagnet1558

seur1558

trimnet1558

trollnet1558

pot-net1584

treat net1584

weir-net1585

hagan1630

henbilt1630

rugnet1630

basket-net1652

landing-net1653

stream-net1662

wolf1725

ram's horn1792

gill net1795

wolf-net1819

trap-net1856

forewheel1861

stow-net1871

lave net1875

kettle-bail1881

beating-net1883

keeve-net1883

net basin1883

wing-neta1884

trap-seine1891

lead-net1910

ghost net1959

1792 Sketches taken on Sailing from Newport ii. 16 Fish they take here in ample abundance, by a net, which they call a ram's-horn—so named..from its tortuosity, or wreathed construction.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict Archaic & Provinc. Words (1889) Ram's-horn, a winding-net supported by stakes, to inclose fish that come in with the tide.

b. Canadian regional (Newfoundland). A large perforated wooden trough in which fish are washed.

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of seafood > [noun] > washing vessel

ram's horn1809

1809 Naval Chron. 21 21 The fish [cod] are thrown into what is called a ram's-horn (a square wooden thing, perforated with holes, to admit the water to pass), when the fish are tumbled about and well washed.

1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 2) 177 Washing Fish in a Ram's-Horn.

c1900 in Regional Lang. Stud.—Newfoundland (1978) 24 Ramshorn, a sort of box with holes bored through bottom, used for washing the fish in.

1937 P. K. Devine Devine's Folk Lore Newfoundland 39 Ramshorn, a box with slatted sides, about eight feet long, three feet wide and three feet deep, used in washing fish. It is lashed..to the schooner..and the men stand in it.

1975 V. Butler Little Nord Easter 127 I dumped bars of fish times out o' number into the ram's horn.

5. English regional (southern). Originally: the green-winged orchid, Anacamptis morio (also ram's-horn orchis). Later: the early purple orchid, Orchis mascula. Usually in plural.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids > early purple orchids

standengussa1400

standelworta1500

gandergoose?1550

adder's grass1551

ragwort1552

cuckoo orchis1578

fool's ballocks1578

Palma Christi1578

standergrass1578

fool's stones1597

fox-stones1597

goat's stones1597

goat stones1597

testicles1597

dead man's finger1604

long purples1604

dead man's thumb1652

man orchis1670

monkey orchisa1678

meadow orchis1753

military orchis1784

male orchis1785

ram's horn1832

lady orchis1846

dead man's hand1853

scorpion plant1866

phalaenopsid1880

walking orchid1910

soldier orchid1934

1832 W. Hone Year Bk. Daily Recreation 443 Ramshorns, or male orchis.

1889 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow 115 Soon after the May garlands the meadow orchis comes up,..and after that the ‘ram's-horn’ orchis, which has a twisted petal.

1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 22/1 In Sussex the children gather the orchis and call it ‘ram's horns’.

1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 103/2 Ramshorns, Orchis mascula.

Compounds

General attributive.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [adjective] > made of horn > specific

ram horn1568

ram's horn1589

1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Eiii^v I know the learned wil laugh me to scorne, for setting down such Rams horne rules of direction.

1641 G. Wither Halelviah i. liii. 94 Those accursed walls, which fell When Rams-horne-Trumps were blown.

1706 D. Defoe On Victories in Flanders 307 Rams-Horn Batteries beat down Canaan's Walls.

1749 C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems I. ii. cxli 241 The Priests..Pass on before the Lord, And each a Ram's-horn Trumpet blows.

1823 C. Lamb Christ's Hosp. in Elia 33 A young ass..blew such a ram's horn blast, as..set concealment any longer at defiance.

1840 F. Trollope Widow Married III. xxiii. 7 My old ramshorn aunt Betsy.

1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 612/2 Handle bars,..up or down or ram's horn as desired. Our ram's horn bar is the neatest and most comfortable made.

1909 Daily Chron. 17 Aug. 7/4 A great silver-mounted ram's-horn snuffbox.

2000 Herald (Glasgow) 3 Apr. 10/5 Brussels bureaucrats are to ban the traditional Scottish shepherd's crook..because they believe that the ram's horn handle poses a health risk.

Derivatives

ˈram's-horn-like adj.

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1853 T. Meehan Amer. Handbk. Ornamental Trees 114 It is interesting at all seasons... In the winter, by its rustically-twisted, ‘ram's-horn’ like branches.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 1081 They form a long ram's-horn-like projection.

1995 Jrnl. N. Amer. Benthol. Soc. 14 86/2 The ram's-horn-like armature of the phallic apparatus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rams horn
释义	ram's hornn. Brit. /ˈramzhɔːn/, U.S. /ˈræmzˌ(h)ɔrn/ Forms: Old English ramnes horn (transmission error), Old English–1500s rammes horn, Middle English rameys horne, Middle English ramis orn, Middle English rammys horne, Middle English–1500s rames horne, Middle English–1600s rammes horn, 1500s–1600s rams horne, 1600s– rams horn, 1700s– ram's horn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ram n.¹, horn n. Etymology: < the genitive of ram n.¹ + horn n. In transferred uses (senses 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5) so called on account of the twisted appearance of the things denoted. 1. a. The horn of a ram; the material of this. Also in extended use; spec. = shofar n.Also in the proverbial phrase as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's horn. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] ficklea1000 hinderyeapc1000 swikelc1000 as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's hornOE fakenOE swikefulc1100 frakelc1175 swikec1175 wrenchfulc1225 wielfulc1275 ginfulc1300 guileful13.. treacherousc1330 guilesomea1382 guilousc1384 enginousa1393 deceivant1393 treacherc1400 serpentinec1422 deceivousa1425 guilyc1430 beguilous1483 slapea1500 fallacious1509 treget1519 gaudya1529 beguileful1530 Spanish1530 juggling?1531 snakish1532 prestigious?1534 knack-hardy1549 pratting1570 fogging1585 snakya1586 abusive1595 faithless1597 faiterous1600 guiled1600 trompant1605 amusing1609 braida1616 dodging1625 Ulyssean1639 tricksome1648 knackish1660 hocus-pocus1668 bubbling1675 rusé1689 tricking1697 trickish1705 lurching1728 tricksy1766 trickful1775 tricky1786 slippy1828 shirky1847 dodgy1861 sidewinding1902 slithery1902 hyping1968 deceiteous- the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > male > uncastrated or ram > parts of ram's hornOE ram horn1568 the world > space > shape > curvature > curved or bent [phrase] as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's horn?c1325 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > horn > types of unicorna1533 devil's horn1583 ram's horn1611 greenhorn1725 buffalo-horn1783 stag-horn1815 buck-horn1820 deer-horn1843 devil horn1854 antler1872 rhino horn1889 OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xxx. 76 Hyre wos þu scealt on ramnes [OE Harl. 585 rammes, ?a1200 Harl. 6258B rammes] horne gehealdan. ?c1325 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 19 (MED) Stod y in my stirop streyt, i-schake out of the schelle, As ryt as ramis orn. a1450 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 464 Eche astate is gouerned, yn sothenesse, Conueied be lyne—right as a rammes horne! c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 200 They schulde have in hyr hondys ij stavys of grene hasche..at the ende a bat..And in that othyr ende a horne of yryn, i-made lyke unto a rammys horne, as scharpe at the smalle ende as hit myght be made. 1581 W. Fulke Reioynder Bristows Replie 361 If I say, this is a Lyon, it will followe vnder this visible forme, that I shewe, a Lyon is substantially contained, &c. As right as a rammes horne. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 146 If the right side of thy head doo ache, a combe made of the right side of a Rames horne, will helpe it. 1611 Bible (King James) Josh. vi. 6 Let seuen Priests beare seuen trumpets of rammes-hornes . View more context for this quotation 1658 J. Mennes & J. Smith Wit Restor'd 102 Straight as a rams horne is thy nose. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 306 A Nose like a crooked Ram's Horn. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xvii. 172 The thing I made..was compos'd of old Hat, pieces of Ram's-horn [etc.]. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vii. 195 Sir Arthur drew from his pocket a large ram's-horn, with a copper cover. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy ii Tom's all ram's horns, and the widow is all sheep's eyes. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iii. iii. 107 I'm as stiff as a ram's horn stooping so long. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto III. 312 The New Year dawned upon the Ghetto, heralded by..the long-sustained note of the ram's horn. 1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iii. v. 588 A ramshorn of snuff and glasses of mead waiting for casual callers. 1926 W. Riley From Myth to Reason ii. 81 A child..born under the Ram, might be as crooked as a ram's horn. 1947 S. Folklore Q. Dec. 263 More conventionally..a seasoned reprobate is characterized as ‘old as the hills and crooked as a ram's horn’. 1993 H. Jacobson Roots Schmoots iii. 66 We are all pulling in different directions. Only the blowing of the shofar , the ceremonial ram's horn, unites us. †b. Decorative Arts. A curled motif resembling a pair of ram's horns. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others popinjay1322 serpent1388 moss-work1600 flame1602 frostwork1631 damask branch1634 mascaron1664 lacework1675 swash1680 branch-work1702 escallop-shella1706 festoon work1712 ovum1728 bricking1760 rising sun1787 ram's horn1842 linen-pattern1845 linen-scroll1854 wheel-rood1862 primal1875 patch ornament1878 tree1879 wheel-cross1882 skeuomorph1889 linenfold1891 taotie1915 boteh1917 pelta1935 starburst1953 quilling1972 towel-pattern- 1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Ram's Horn, a particular kind of scroll ornament, the origin of which is from the skull and horns of the ram. †2. Fortification. A kind of curved tenaille (tenaille n. 2). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1746 J. Muller Treat. Elem. Part Fortification iii. 112 The tenailles or ramshorns, are described from the point of intersection, of the line of defence produced. 1754 J. Robertson Elements Navigation 640 A ramshorn is a curved tenail raised in the foss before the flanks, and presenting its convexity to the covered way. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Rams-horns,..are a kind of low works made in the ditch, of a circular arc; they were invented by M. Belidor, and serve instead of tenailles. 1873 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 107/2 Ramshorns, in Fortification, are semicircular works of low profile in the ditch, which they sweep, being themselves commanded by the main works. 3. a. Now usually in form ramshorn. Any of various herbivorous aquatic snails with flat spiral shells that constitute the family Planorbidae. Also ramshorn snail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > Inoperculata > family Limnaeidae or Planorbidae > member of water snail1548 ramshorn snail1778 physa1834 mud snail1890 trumpet-snail1901 1778 E. M. da Costa Brit. Conchol. 60 Fluviatiles... Cornu Arietis. Ram's Horn... The shell is rather thin and brittle, glossy, and measures from three quarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter or a half in diameter. 1800 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Shells II. Pl. XXXIX Helix cornea. Ram's horn. 1901 E. Step Shell Life xvii. 319 The next section of these Pond-snails comprises the Flat-coils (Planorbis), made familiar by the typical species—the Ram's-horn or Trumpet-snail. 1926 A. E. Ellis Brit. Snails ii. 118 The snails of this family are popularly called Ram's-horns, Flat-coils, or Trumpet Snails. 1960 Times 4 Aug. 1/3 (advt.) Pond Naturalist would gratefully acknowledge information where to collect Ramshorn Snails. 2002 Water Gardener July 9 The presence of empty giant pond and ramshorn snail shells usually indicate that leeches are present. †b. In full ram's-horn sailor. The deep-sea cephalopod Spirula spirula, which has a spiral internal shell. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1782 T. Martyn Heads of Course of Lect. Nat. Hist. 25 Univalves... [Nautilus] Spirula. Ram's-horn Sailor. 1798 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. V. ii. 865 Ram's horn, Nautilus spirula... Ramshorn sailor, Nautilus spirula. †c. A fossil shell with a spiral shape; an ammonite. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [noun] > types of astroite1610 belemnite1646 mussel-stone1660 scallop-stone1668 trochite1676 conchite1677 ophiomorphite1677 pectinite1677 worm-stone1677 musculite1681 serpent-stone1681 sugar-plum1681 glossopetraa1684 ague shell1708 forket1708 mytilite1727 grit1748 phytolithus1761 fairy beads1767 fairy fingers1780 fairy arrow1794 gryphite1794 ram's horn1797 hysterolite1799 tubulite1799 thunder-pick1801 celleporite1808 ceraunite1814 seraph1822 serpulite1828 coprolite1829 subfossil1831 pencil1843 trigonellite1845 buccinite1852 rudist1855 guide fossil1867 witch's cradle1867 coccolith1868 fairy cheeses1869 discolith1871 Portland screw1871 spiniferite1872 cyatholith1875 cryptozoon1883 sabellite1889 palaeospecies1895 homoeomorph1898 rudistid1900 megafossil1932 scolecodont1933 macrofossil1937 hystrichosphere1955 palynomorph1961 acritarch1963 molecular fossil1965 mitrate1967 1700 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 22 682 One particular sort of Fish..bending somewhat like a Ram's Horn, and exactly creas'd like one on the outside.] 1797 G. Humphreys Museum Calonnianum 81 Corne d'Ammon. Ammon's Horn, or Ram's Horn... This is an Agate, or Chalcedony, which has been moulded in the shell of an Ammonia. 4. a. English regional (south-western). A kind of net for catching fish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > other nets Peter netc1280 flue1388 wade1388 stalker1389 shove-net1418 trod-net1523 butt1533 web1533 fagnet1558 seur1558 trimnet1558 trollnet1558 pot-net1584 treat net1584 weir-net1585 hagan1630 henbilt1630 rugnet1630 basket-net1652 landing-net1653 stream-net1662 wolf1725 ram's horn1792 gill net1795 wolf-net1819 trap-net1856 forewheel1861 stow-net1871 lave net1875 kettle-bail1881 beating-net1883 keeve-net1883 net basin1883 wing-neta1884 trap-seine1891 lead-net1910 ghost net1959 1792 Sketches taken on Sailing from Newport ii. 16 Fish they take here in ample abundance, by a net, which they call a ram's-horn—so named..from its tortuosity, or wreathed construction. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict Archaic & Provinc. Words (1889) Ram's-horn, a winding-net supported by stakes, to inclose fish that come in with the tide. b. Canadian regional (Newfoundland). A large perforated wooden trough in which fish are washed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of seafood > [noun] > washing vessel ram's horn1809 1809 Naval Chron. 21 21 The fish [cod] are thrown into what is called a ram's-horn (a square wooden thing, perforated with holes, to admit the water to pass), when the fish are tumbled about and well washed. 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 2) 177 Washing Fish in a Ram's-Horn. c1900 in Regional Lang. Stud.—Newfoundland (1978) 24 Ramshorn, a sort of box with holes bored through bottom, used for washing the fish in. 1937 P. K. Devine Devine's Folk Lore Newfoundland 39 Ramshorn, a box with slatted sides, about eight feet long, three feet wide and three feet deep, used in washing fish. It is lashed..to the schooner..and the men stand in it. 1975 V. Butler Little Nord Easter 127 I dumped bars of fish times out o' number into the ram's horn. 5. English regional (southern). Originally: the green-winged orchid, Anacamptis morio (also ram's-horn orchis). Later: the early purple orchid, Orchis mascula. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids > early purple orchids standengussa1400 standelworta1500 gandergoose?1550 adder's grass1551 ragwort1552 cuckoo orchis1578 fool's ballocks1578 Palma Christi1578 standergrass1578 fool's stones1597 fox-stones1597 goat's stones1597 goat stones1597 testicles1597 dead man's finger1604 long purples1604 dead man's thumb1652 man orchis1670 monkey orchisa1678 meadow orchis1753 military orchis1784 male orchis1785 ram's horn1832 lady orchis1846 dead man's hand1853 scorpion plant1866 phalaenopsid1880 walking orchid1910 soldier orchid1934 1832 W. Hone Year Bk. Daily Recreation 443 Ramshorns, or male orchis. 1889 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow 115 Soon after the May garlands the meadow orchis comes up,..and after that the ‘ram's-horn’ orchis, which has a twisted petal. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 22/1 In Sussex the children gather the orchis and call it ‘ram's horns’. 1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 103/2 Ramshorns, Orchis mascula. Compounds General attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [adjective] > made of horn > specific ram horn1568 ram's horn1589 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Eiii^v I know the learned wil laugh me to scorne, for setting down such Rams horne rules of direction. 1641 G. Wither Halelviah i. liii. 94 Those accursed walls, which fell When Rams-horne-Trumps were blown. 1706 D. Defoe On Victories in Flanders 307 Rams-Horn Batteries beat down Canaan's Walls. 1749 C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems I. ii. cxli 241 The Priests..Pass on before the Lord, And each a Ram's-horn Trumpet blows. 1823 C. Lamb Christ's Hosp. in Elia 33 A young ass..blew such a ram's horn blast, as..set concealment any longer at defiance. 1840 F. Trollope Widow Married III. xxiii. 7 My old ramshorn aunt Betsy. 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 612/2 Handle bars,..up or down or ram's horn as desired. Our ram's horn bar is the neatest and most comfortable made. 1909 Daily Chron. 17 Aug. 7/4 A great silver-mounted ram's-horn snuffbox. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) 3 Apr. 10/5 Brussels bureaucrats are to ban the traditional Scottish shepherd's crook..because they believe that the ram's horn handle poses a health risk. Derivatives ˈram's-horn-like adj. ΚΠ 1853 T. Meehan Amer. Handbk. Ornamental Trees 114 It is interesting at all seasons... In the winter, by its rustically-twisted, ‘ram's-horn’ like branches. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 1081 They form a long ram's-horn-like projection. 1995 Jrnl. N. Amer. Benthol. Soc. 14 86/2 The ram's-horn-like armature of the phallic apparatus. 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