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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tamper  \Tamp"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  tamps;  specifically,  one  who  prepares  for 
  blasting,  by  filling  the  hole  in  which  the  charge  is 
  placed. 
 
  2.  An  instrument  used  in  tamping;  a  tamping  iron. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tamper  \Tam"per\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tampered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Tampering}.]  [A  corruption  of  temper.] 
  1.  To  meddle;  to  be  busy;  to  try  little  experiments;  as  to 
  tamper  with  a  disease. 
 
  'T  is  dangerous  tampering  with  a  muse.  --Roscommon. 
 
  2.  To  meddle  so  as  to  alter,  injure,  or  vitiate  a  thing 
 
  3.  To  deal  unfairly;  to  practice  secretly;  to  use  bribery. 
 
  Others  tampered  For  Fleetwood,  Desborough  and 
  Lambert.  --Hudibras. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tamper 
  n  :  a  tool  for  tamping  (e.g.,  tamping  tobacco  into  a  pipe  bowl 
  or  a  charge  into  a  drill  hole  etc.)  [syn:  {tamp}] 
  v  1:  fool  or  play  around  with  "Someone  tampered  with  the 
  documents  on  my  desk"  [syn:  {monkey}] 
  2:  intrude  in  other  people's  affairs  or  business;  interfere 
  unwantedly;  "Don't  meddle  in  my  affairs!"  [syn:  {meddle}] 




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