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  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 




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