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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for tamp:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

tamp
    n 1: a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe
         bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) [syn: tamp,
         tamper, tamping bar]
    v 1: press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the
         container to make espresso" [syn: tamp down, tamp,
         pack]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to
      tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
      [1913 Webster]

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