Then we gied a great 'rammer' on the panels, an 'ye cam' geyan fast to catch us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895] Reference

II A rammer was the pilot of a starship.    From Wordnik.com.  [A World Out of Time]

There was only one rammer rod for fifty-four tanks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blood Brothers]

He found his rammer education continually fascinating.    From Wordnik.com.  [A World Out of Time]

M. O'BRIEN: Shark and rammer, together make "sharammer"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2005] Reference

There she stood amid the clamor, swiftly handling sponge and rammer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ten American Girls From History] Reference

Turning the handle dumped the charge, which then had to be packed with the rammer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference

'Muskets!' muttered the rotund Westerner called Bag O'Nails, snatching the rammer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gates of Noon]

Spongers return rammer and sponge to place, and assist in securing lashings and breeching.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference

Vicariously he became a rammer then and the impotence of his life was changed to omnipotence.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Hole In Space]

The gunner cleans the piece carefully with a dry rammer, and in pulling out the said rammer gives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference

For rifled cannon, rammer-heads are made of composition, of the pattern prescribed by the Bureau.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference

Two cannon lay overturned, near one of which lay a dead Federal soldier still grasping the rammer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War] Reference

The most important are the management of the rammer and sponge in loading and the handspikes in pointing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference

In order to be certain that the projectile is properly home, the rammer-handle must be marked to indicate it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference

The diameter of the rammer-head will be 0.25 inch less than that of the bore or chamber to which it is adapted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference

The intervals are filled up by a paviour, who, to every stroke of his rammer, adds a loud, distinct, and echoing, Haugh!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference

The mortar mixed rather dry was packed into the annular space between core and shell by one man, using a short wooden rammer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference

The bottom of the rammer consisted of three ridges, each 1-in. in height, so as to make more bond between the successive layers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference

Often the sponge was on the opposite end of the rammer, and sometimes, instead of being lambskin-covered, the sponge was a bristle brush.    From Wordnik.com.  [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference

Two forms of rammers were used; for work next to forms a 4×6-in. rammer and for inside work 6-in diameter circular rammer weighing 20 lbs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference