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Webster 1913 Edition
Tamp
Tamp
,Verb.
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