nest(2) (iou) and rammer (iou)

nest(2) (iou)

nest verb.
[Old English nist(i)an = Middle Dutch, Old & mod. High German nistan, re-formed in Middle English after NEST noun.]
verb intrans. Of a bird etc.: make or have a nest in a particular place; engage in nest-building. OE.
nesting-box = nest-box (b) s.v. NEST noun.
Country Life As many as 100,000..turtles arrive to nest in the autumn. J. C. Oates Pigeons and Other birds nested in the open towers.
verb intrans. Settle, lodge, or fit as in a nest; be contained within a similar item in a hierarchical arrangement. ME.
H. Vaughan These dark confusions that within me nest. C. F. Hockett Complex expressions built up by a series of attributive constructions, one nesting within another.
verb refl. Rest or settle in a place. ME-E18.
verb trans. As nested ppl adjective.
a. Settled, established, or comfortably placed in or as in a nest. L16.
J. E. Hopkins The tender tweet! tweet! of the nested birds in the ivy. G. Naylor She seemed so content nested down there at the end of Tupelo Drive.
b. Used as a nest, used for making nests in. M19.
R. L. Stevenson Chestnuts..nested in by song birds.
c. Placed or fitted one inside another, such that each item or constituent contains or is contained within another similar one in a hierarchical arrangement. L19.
D. V. Huntsberger Every classification is nested within the next larger one. Practical Computing The result is a conglomeration of nested subroutines.
verb intrans. Search for birds' nests, esp. to take the eggs, go bird's-nesting. L19.

rammer (iou)

rammer noun. LME.
[from RAM verb1 + -ER1.]
A battering-ram. LME-M16.
An instrument for ramming or compacting a material; spec. a block of wood fixed at the end of a staff for driving Home the charge of a cannon; (formerly) a ramrod of a firearm. L15.
A pile-driver. L17.
A person engaged in ramming a material. L19.

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