1. 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.
2. The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1. Tamping iron, an iron rod for beating down the earthy substance in tamping for blasting.
TAMPION
Tam"pi*on, n. Etym: [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German
origin. See Tap a pipe or plug, and cf. Tamp, Tampop, Tompion.]
[Written also tampeon, and tompion.]
1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
TAMPOE
Tam"poe, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.
TAMPON
Tam"pon, n. Etym: [F. See Tampion.] (Surg.)
Defn: A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.