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  • 81pack together — verb make more compact by or as if by pressing compress the data • Syn: ↑compress, ↑compact • Ant: ↑decompress (for: ↑compress) • Derivationall …

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  • 82tamps — present third singular of tamp plural of tamp …

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  • 83tampeon — Tampion Tam pi*on, n. [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… …

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  • 84Tamper — Tamp er, n. 1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 85Tampion — Tam pi*on, n. [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,… …

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  • 86Tappoon — Tap*poon , n. [Sp. tamp[ o]n a stopper.] (Irrigation) A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field. [U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 87tompion — Tampion Tam pi*on, n. [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… …

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  • 88tampion — also tompion noun Etymology: obsolete tampion, tampin plug more at tamp Date: circa 1625 a wooden plug or a metal or canvas cover for the muzzle of a gun …

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  • 89tampon — I. noun Etymology: French, literally, plug, from Middle French more at tamp Date: 1848 a plug (as of cotton) introduced into a body cavity usually to absorb secretions (as from menstruation) or to arrest hemorrhaging II. transitive verb Date:… …

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  • 90American Revolution — The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and collectively became the nation of the United… …

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