rammel, rammell

[RAMEL.] 1. Rubbish. 2. A lot of coarse fish. răm-mělş-běrg'-ite, s. [After C. F. Rammels berg, the German chemist and mineralogist; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Mineralogy : 1. An orthorhombic form of nickel arsenide. Hardne , 5-25-5-75; specific gravity, 7-099-7-188. Composition: Arsenic, 717; nickel, 28-3=100. Formula like that of chloanthite, NiAs2; hence this mineral is dimorphous. Occurs in Saxony. 2. The same as CHLOANTHITE (q. v.). răm-mēr, s. [English ram, v.; -er.] One who rams; an instrument with which anything is rammed or driven; specifically 1. A beetle used for beating the earth to solidity, or by paviors for ramming or driving down pavings tones firmly into their beds. "The earth is to bee wel driven and beaten downe close with a rammer , that it may be fast about the roots."P. Holland : Pliny , bk. xvii., ch. xi. 2. In founding, a round or square tool used for ramming the sand into the flasks. 3. Ordn.: An instrument used for loading guns. It consists of a wooden staff, with an enlargement at one end for ramming home the shot and charge, and at the other a cylindrical plug of tow, cotton, or hair, securely fixed to the staff, and fully the size of the bore, for cleansing the grooves, and, when used wet, extinguishing any burning particles of cartridge left after firing the previous charge. *răm-mish (1), a . [RAMISH.]