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Webster 1913 Edition

Tamper

Tamp′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.
2.
An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.

Tam′per

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tampered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tampering
.]
[A corruption of
temper
.]
1.
To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments;
as, to
tamper
with a disease
.
’T is dangerous
tampering
with a muse.
Roscommon.
2.
To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
3.
To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
Others
tampered

For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert.
Hudibras.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tamper

TAM'PER

,
Verb.
I.
To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments;, as to tamper with a disease.
1.
To meddle; to have to do with without fitness or necessity.
'Tis dangerous tamp'ring with a muse.
2.
To deal; to practice secretly.
Others tamper'd
For Fleetwood, Desborough and Lambert.

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