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tamp |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tamp \Tamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamped}; p. pr & vb n. {Tamping}.] [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See {Tampion}.] 1. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected. 2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tamp n : a tool for tamping (e.g., tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) [syn: {tamper}] v : press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" [syn: {tamp down}, {pack}]
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