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Webster 1913 Edition
Rampant
1.
Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious.
The fierce lion in his kind
Which goeth
Which goeth
rampant
after his prey. Gower.
[The] lion . . .
rampant
shakes his brinded mane. Milton.
2.
Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant.
The
rampant
stalk is of unusual altitude. I. Taylor.
3.
(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 plane, such as the vault supporting a stairway, or forming the ceiling of a stairway.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rampant
RAMP'ANT
,Adj.
1.
Overgrowing the usual bounds; rank in growth; exuberant; as rampant weeds.2.
Overleaping restraint; as rampant vice.3.
In heraldry, applied to the lion, leopard or other beast, rampant denotes the animal reared and standing on his hind legs, in the posture of climbing. It differs from saliant, which indicates the posture of springing or making a sally.The lion rampant shakes his brinded mane.