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Webster 1913 Edition

Tump

Tump

(tŭmp)
,
Noun.
[W.
twmp
,
twm
, a round mass or heap, a hillock.]
A little hillock; a knoll.
Ainsworth.

Tump

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tumped
(tŭmt; 215)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tumping
.]
1.
To form a mass of earth or a hillock about;
as, to
tump
teasel
.
2.
To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
[Local, U. S.]
Bartlett.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tump

TUMP

,
Noun.
[infra.] A little hillock.

TUMP

,
Verb.
T.
[L. tumulus. See Tomb.] In gardening, to form a mass of earth or a hillock round a plant; as, to tump teasel. [This English phrase is not used in America, but it answers nearly to our hilling. See Hill.]

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