Tamp vs Tam - What's the difference?
tamp | tam |
(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.
To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
A tam o'shanter, a tall knit wool cap traditionally associated with Scotland.
* {{quote-news, year=1988, date=July 1, author=Bryan Miller, title=A Gathering of Scots, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams , kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees. }}
As an adjective tamp
is dull, blunt.As a pronoun tam is
.tamp
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Derived terms
* tamper * tamping iron * tamping rodSee also
* tampon ----tam
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