RAMP

To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

To move by leaps, or by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence. Their bridles they would champ, And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp. Spenser.

To climb, as a plant; to creep up. With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, . . . and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height. Ray.

A leap; a spring; a hostile advance. The bold Ascalonite Fled from his lion ramp. Milton.

A highwayman; a robber. [Prov. Eng.]

A romping woman; a prostitute. [Obs.] Lyly.

Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.

A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.

An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.