Tamely
(Tame"ly), adv. In a tame manner.
Tameness
(Tame"ness), n. The quality or state of being tame.
Tamer
(Tam"er) n. One who tames or subdues.
Tamias
(||Ta"mi*as) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a distributer.] (Zoöl.) A genus of ground squirrels, including the
chipmunk.
Tamil
(Ta"mil) a. Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language. [Written also Tamul.]
Tamil
(Ta"mil), n. [Written also Tamul.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.
2. The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.
Tamilian
(Ta*mil"i*an) a. & n. Tamil.
Tamine
(Tam"ine Tam"i*ny) n. [Cf. F. tamis a sort of sieve. Cf. Stamin, Temse.] A kind of woolen
cloth; tammy.
Tamis
(Tam"is) n. [F., a kind of sieve.]
1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.
2. The cloth itself; tammy.
Tamis bird (Zoöl.), a Guinea fowl.
Tamkin
(Tam"kin) n. A tampion. Johnson
Tammy
(Tam"my) n.; pl. Tammies
1. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, — used for curtains, sieves, strainers,
etc.
2. A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.
Tamp
(Tamp) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tamping.] [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or
stop. See Tampion.]
1. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in
order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.
2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
Tampan
(Tam"pan) n. (Zoöl.) A venomous South African tick. Livingstone.
Tampeon
(Tam"pe*on) n. See Tampion. Farrow.
Tamper
(Tamp"er) n.
1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is
placed.
2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
