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Ramp (noun)

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Ramp. n.s. [from the verb.] Leap; spring.

He is vaulting variable ramps,
In your despight, upon your purse. Shakesp. Cymbeline.

The bold Ascalonite
Fled from his lion ramp, old warriors turn'd
Their plated backs under his heel. Milton's Agonistes.

Sources: Shakespeare's Cymbeline (73) · Milton, John (449)

Attributes: Noun Substantive (1269)

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