Crossword-Solution: RAMPING 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 12

George, as he took the hint and rose to go; “I mean ramping, and breathing fire, and so on!” “I can RAMP all right,” replied the dragon, confidently; “as to breathing fire, it's surprising how easily one gets out of practice, but I'll do the best I can.

Whatever's that old fool of a dragon up to now?” The dragon was employing the interval in giving a ramping-performance for the benefit of the crowd.

Ramping, it should be explained, consists in running round and round in a wide circle, and sending waves and ripples of movement along the whole length of your spine, from your pointed ears right down to the spike at the end of your long tail.

They never told the ramping crowd to card a woman's hide, They never marked a man for death -- what fault of theirs he died? -- They only said “intimidate”, and talked and went away -- By God, the boys that did the work were braver men than they! Their sin it was that fed the fire -- small blame to them that heard -- The “bhoys” get drunk on rhetoric, and madden at a word -- They knew whom they were talking at, if they were Irish too, The gentlemen that lied in Court, they knew, and well they knew.

But not in those far times Would one lone day give over unto doom A soldiery in thousands marching on Beneath the battle-banners, nor would then The ramping breakers of the main seas dash Whole argosies and crews upon the rocks.