What's the difference between gammer and rammer?

Gammer


Definition:

  • (n.) An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man.

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  • (1) According to statues and images of the Saint, the martyrdom took place by stoning or else by the use of instruments of torture such as pincers, gouge and gammer, and dentists' forceps.

Rammer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, rams or drives.
  • (n.) An instrument for driving anything with force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity
  • (n.) A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod
  • (n.) An implement for pounding the sand of a mold to render it compact.

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