rampant
rampant is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant. The rampant stalk is of unusual altitude. I. Taylor.
- 2.(Her.) Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the left. Rampant arch. (a) An arch which has one abutment higher than the other. (b) Same as Rampant vault, below. -- Rampant gardant (Her.), rampant, but with the face turned to the front. -- Rampant regardant, rampant, but looking backward. -- Rampant vault (Arch.), a continuous wagon vault, or cradle vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined planed plane, such as the vault supporting a stairway, or forming the ceiling of a stairway.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- angle
- angles
- attollent
- azimuth
- bolt
- buoy
- capstan
- circle
- cliff
- cock
- convexity
- crane
- derrick
- drag
- drawn
- dredge
- dredger
- elevate
- elevated
- elevation
- elevator
- end
- endwise
- erect
- erection
- erectness
- escalator
- exalt
- exaltation
- feet
- fish
- full
- get
- give
- head
- heave
- height
- heighten
- hind
- his
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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