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Definition of Tampions
1. tampion [n] - See also: tampion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tampions
Literary usage of Tampions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous by Alexander Jamieson (1829)
"Ч'н/if out your tampions. The tompion is to be taken oat of the gun's mouth, and
left hanging by its ..."
2. Sketches from My Life by Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden (1887)
"Again be gave the order,' Fire, starboard,' repeating,' tampions are in, ...
These horrid tampions and their adjuncts went flying on to their decks, ..."
3. A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several Systems of Discipline by William Duane (1810)
"They are sometimes used to pur into ¡ the chambers of mortars, over the powder, •
when the chamber is not full. tampions, ia sea-service artillery, ..."
4. The Spanish Regime in Missouri: A Collection of Papers and Documents by Etienne Burnet, Ernest Edward Austen, Louis Houck (1909)
"Two wad-drawers for the same, in the same shape. Two gun aprons for the same, in
the same shape. Two tampions for the same, in the same shape. ..."
5. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"The decks were cleared, the hammocks stowed, the boatswain pipes all hands, The
tampions out, the guns well sponged, the Captain now commands; ..."
6. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1853)
"... 6 Pound™ 6 J Spunge Bags Painted, 21 Spare Spunge and Rammer Heads, I 12 Pd™.
2.2 6 d". J R. 3.3 Tarpaulins, 6 d". 7 Field tampions, with Collars, 6 d". ..."
7. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"... trust me ; For if ye had said ye had made flee Ten tampions out of ten women's
tails, Ten times ten mile to ten castles or jails, And filled ten rivers ..."
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