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Webster 1913 Edition

Vamp

Vamp

(vămp)
,
Verb.
I.
To advance; to travel.
[Obs.]

Vamp

,
Noun.
[OE.
vampe
,
vaumpe
,
vauntpe
, F.
avantpied
the forefoot, vamp;
avant
before, fore +
pied
foot, L.
pes
. See
Advance
,
Van
of an army, and
Foot
.]
1.
The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.
2.
Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See
Vamp
,
Verb.
T.

Vamp

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vamped
(?; 215)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Vamping
.]
1.
To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; – often followed by
up
.
I had never much hopes of your
vamped
play.
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vamp

VAMP

,
Noun.
The upper leather of a shoe.

VAMP

,
Verb.
T.
To piece an old thing with a new part; to repair.
I had never much hopes of your vamped play.

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