TAMPER

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.

2.
n.

An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.

3.
v.

To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease. 'T is dangerous tampering with a muse. Roscommon.

4.
v.

To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.

5.
v.

To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert. Hudibras.


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