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- noun Plural form of
rampire .
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Examples
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England lain on it, our lives could not defend the place, three hours, for half the rampires were his, neither had we any pioneers but ourselves.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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England lain on it, our lives could not defend the place, three hours, for half the rampires were his, neither had we any pioneers but ourselves.
History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89 — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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England lain on it, our lives could not defend the place, three hours, for half the rampires were his, neither had we any pioneers but ourselves.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Where lay the fleets, and where the rampires rose,
The Iliad of Homer 2003
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For hath not the want of 8 of the 12 pieces of artillerie, which were promised vnto the Aduenture, lost her maiestie the possession of the Groine and many other places, as hereafter shall appeare, whose defensible rampires were greater then our batterie (such as it was) cold force: and therefore were left vnattempted?
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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For the third warde and vttermost, it hath very strong walles with rampires of the rocke it selfe cut out by force and trenched about with the sea.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Your forts blood-based, and rampires of your powers:
Two Nations Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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The portal that opens with imminent rampires to right and to left,
Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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Christian received such a wound that he lost his battle-axe, whereat the supposed conquering Turke had a great shout from the rampires.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Troy are not always kicking and neighing; nor is the dust always raised in whirlwinds on the banks of Simois and Scamander; nor are the rampires always in a blaze.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Walter Savage Landor 1819
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