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: T T- T. Ta Tb Tc Td Te Th Ti Tj Tk Tl Tm Tn To Tp Tr Ts Tt Tu Tv Tw Tx Ty Tz
tampico | tampico fiber | tampico fibre | tamping | tamping bar | tampion | tampoe | tampon | tamponade | tamponage | tampoon

tampion

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Noun
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tam=pi=on

CIDE DICTIONARY

tampionn. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See Tap a pipe or plug, and cf. Tamp, Tampop, Tompion.].
  •  A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tampion, n. (also tompion)
1 a wooden stopper for the muzzle of a gun.
2 a plug e.g. for the top of an organ-pipe.

Etymology
ME f. F tampon, nasalized var. of tapon, rel. to TAP(1)

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