Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tamp"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to
tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tamp
n : a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe
bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) [syn: {tamper}]
v : press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container
to make espresso" [syn: {tamp down}, {pack}]
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