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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tramp  \Tramp\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tramped};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tramping}.]  [OE.  trampen;  akin  to  LG  trampen,  G.  trampeln 
  LG  &  D.  trappen,  Dan.  trampe,  Sw  &  Icel.  trampa,  Goth. 
  anatrimpan  to  press  upon  also  to  D.  trap  a  step,  G.  treppe 
  steps,  stairs.  Cf  {Trap}  a  kind  of  rock,  {Trape},  {Trip},  v. 
  i.,  {Tread}.] 
  1.  To  tread  upon  forcibly  and  repeatedly;  to  trample. 
 
  2.  To  travel  or  wander  through  as  to  tramp  the  country. 
  [Colloq.] 
 
  3.  To  cleanse,  as  clothes,  by  treading  upon  them  in  water. 
  [Scot.]  --Jamieson. 




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