Tamp"er (?), n.
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.
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Tam"per (?), v. 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.
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