TUMPING

Verb

tumping

present participle of tump

Source: Wiktionary


TUMP

Tump, n. Etym: [W. twmp, twm, a round mass or heap, a hillock.]

Definition: A little hillock; a knoll. Ainsworth.

Tump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tumping.]

1. To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel.

2. To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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