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Search phrase: ram

Plays

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Antony and CleopatraAC II.v.24Ram thou thy fruitful tidings in mine ears,Ramme thou thy fruitefull tidings in mine eares,
Antony and CleopatraAC III.ii.30To keep it builded, be the ram to batterTo keepe it builded, be the Ramme to batter
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.78crooked-pated, old, cuckoldly ram, out of all reasonablecrooked-pated olde Cuckoldly Ramme, out of all reasonable
OthelloOth I.i.89Even now, now, very now, an old black ramEuen now, now, very now, an old blacke Ram
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.206So that the ram that batters down the wall,So that the Ramme that batters downe the wall,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.29A ram, and bleated; and the fire-robed god,A Ram, and bleated: and the Fire-roab'd-God

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.464 Rude ram, to batter such an ivory wall – (Rude Ram to batter such an Iuorie wall:)

Glossary

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Aries[pron: 'aireez] Ram [first sign of the zodiac]
beetlesledge-hammer, heavy ram
bell-wetherleading sheep of a flock [wearing a bell]; cuckold [of a ram, because horned]
rambattering-ram
wethersheep, ram

Thesaurus

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battering-ramram
heavy rambeetle
ramwether
ram, heavybeetle

Themes and Topics

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Cosmos

Words Families

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Snippets

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Pyramus and Thisbe
Helen chooses Bertram
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