rampancy (rampansi)

[ The pope had over mastered all, the temp or all power being quite in a manner evacuated by the rampancy of the spiritual. Dr. H. More , Epistles to the Seven Churches, Pref. This height and rampancy of vice. South. rampant (ram'pant), a. [ The cactus is here very abundant and rampant . C. D. Warner, Roundabout Journey, p. 95. 2. Overleaping restraint or usual limits; unbridled; unrestricted. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 104. The style of the pulpit in respect of imagery, I conceive, should be grave, severe, intense, not luxuriant, not ram pant . A. Phelps , English Style, p. 144. They were going together to the Don caster spring meeting, where Bohemianism would be rampant . Mi Braddon , Only a Clod, xxvi. 3. Ramping; rearing. The tawny lion... springs, as broke from bonds, And rampant shakes his brinded mane. Milton , P. L., vii. 466. When he chaseth and follow eth after other beasts, hee goeth alwaies saltant or rampant ; which he neuer useth to doe when he is chased in sight, but is onely pa ant. Holland, tr. of Pliny, viii. 16. 4. In her., rising with both fore legs elevated, the dexter uppermost, and the head seen sidewise, the dexter hind leg also higher than the sinister, as if the weight of the creature were borne upon the latter: noting a lion or other beast of prey. Also ramping, effrayé. See also cut under affronté. Lion Rampant. IMG:content-1603.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] manner. rampantly (ram'pant-li), adv. In a rampant rampart (ram'pärt), n. [Early mod. E. also rampar, ramper, rampare, rampire, rampier; The top of the rampart behind the parapet should have sufficient width for the free pa age of troops, guns, etc. See cut under parapet. IMG:content-1604.png:[blocks in formation] rampler The term rampart , though strictly meaning the mound on which the parapet stands, generally includes the parapet itself. Brande and Cox , Dict. of Sci., Lit., and Art, III. 205. Hence-2. Something that serves as a bulwark or defense; an obstruction against approach or intrusion; a protecting inclosure. What rampire can my human frailty raise Against the a ault of fate? Fletcher (and Mas singer ?), Lovers' Progre , iv. 2. At length they reached an open level, encompa ed on all sides by a natural rampart of rocks. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 7. Rampart gun. See gun1 .=Syn. See fortification . rampart (ram'pärt), v . t . [Formerly also ram pire , ramper ; rampart , rampire , n .] To fortify with ramparts; protect by or as if by a rampart; bolster; strengthen. Set but thy foot Against our rampired gates, and they shall ope. Shak ., T. of A., v. 4. 47. Those gra y hills, those glittering dells, Proudly ramparted with rocks. Cole ridge, Ode to the Departing Year, vii. 'Neath rampired Solid or pleasant riding on the Rance! Browning , Hervé Riel. rampart-grenade (ram'pärt-grē-nād"), n . See grenade . rampart-slope (ram'pärt-slōp), n. In fort ., the slope which terminates the rampart on the interior, connecting the terre-plein with the parade; the ramp or talus.