Tamp

[tæmp]

Definition

(noun.) a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).

Checker: Rita--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

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

Edited by Kelsey

Definition

v.t. to fill up as a hole bored in a rock for blasting: to pack earth &c. round as a mine to prevent an explosion in a wrong direction.—n. Tam′ping the act of filling up a hole in a rock for blasting: the material used.

Editor: Ned