rampage, rampauge

i. [RAMP, v.] 1. To ramp; to prance about; to run about wildly. (Scott: Guy Manner ing, ch. ix.) 2. To rage and storm; to prance about with rage. răm-pāģe, s. [RAMPAGE, v.] A state of excite ment or pa ion; violent conduct; a romp. On the rampage : In a state of excitement or pa ion; wild, violent. (Often = on a drinking bout.) "To start off on the rampage in the Viceregal sanctum."-London Daily Telegraph . răm-pā-gio us, adj. [Eng. rampag(e); -ious.] Monstrous. "There comes along a mi ionary pagious gingham."-London Daily Telegraph. with a ram *răm-păl-li-an, *răm-păl'-11-on, s. [RAMP, v.] A term of low abuse, applied to either a man or a woman. "Away, you scullion, you rampallian , you fustilarian." -Shakesp.. Henry IV., Pt. II ., ii. 1. IMG:content-0194.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0195.png:[blocks in formation] "When the extremities of an arch rise from supports at ramus II. Fort.: An embankment around a fortified place. In the more perfect condition the wall of the rampart forms a scarp, and is crowned by the parapet. "On each tall rampart's thundering side." Warton: Grave of King Arthur. rampart-gun, s. Ordn.: A large piece of artillery to be used on a rampart, and not for field purposes. rămp-art, *ramp-ire, v. t. [RAMPART, 8.] Το protect or fortify with a rampart or ramparts. (Mickle: Lusiad, vii.) răm-peě, rămped, a. [ROMPU.]