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

A venomous South African tick. Livingstone.

See Tampion. Farrow.

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

One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.

A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.

The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine.

A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.

The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.

To plug with a tampon.

The stopper of a barrel; a bung.

To stamp; to mark as It is the motive . . . which enstamps the character. Gogan.

See Enstamp.

of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. Shak. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.

rowd or an army in consequence of a panic. She and her husband would join in the general stampede. W. Black.

One who stamps.

from Stamp, v. Stamping ground, a place frequented, and much trodden, by animals, wild or domesticated; hence (Colloq.), the scene of one's labors or exploits; also, one's favorite resort. [U.S.] -- Stamping machine, a machine for forming metallic articles or impressions by stamping. -- Stamping mill (Mining), a stamp…

A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.

To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.

A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack; -- called also attack.