TROMPED

Verb

tromped

simple past tense and past participle of tromp

Source: Wiktionary


TROMP

Tromp, n. Etym: [F. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Cf. Trump a trumpet.]

Definition: A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace. [Written also trompe, and trombe.]

Tromp, Trompe, n. Etym: [See Trump a trumpet.]

Definition: A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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