Ramp

ramp, v.i to chrub or creep as a plant: to leap or bound.— «. a leap or bound. [Fr. ratnper lo creep, to clamber from the Teut., Low Ger. rappen, Ger. raffen, to snatch, as with the claws Rampant, ramp'ant, adj ramping or overgrowing usual bounds overleaping restraint her.) standing on the hind-legs. adv Rampantly. —n. Ramp'aaoy, state of being rampant. [Fr pr.p of ratnper, to creep, to climb.] Rampart, ram'part, «. that which defends from a ault or clanger: {for i.') a mound or wall surrounding a fortified place. [Fr. rampart (orig. rempar) - remparer, to defend re, again, flUe, fir me, h4r mine Bant cm, to (= oh), in, and purer, to defend—L. pare, to prepare. See Parapet, Parry.]