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   Hamper , n. [Contr. fr. hanaper.] A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.
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   Hamper, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hampered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hampering.] To put in a hamper.
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   Hamper, v. t. [OE. hamperen, hampren, prob. of the same origin as E. hamble.] To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber. “Hampered nerves.”  
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   A lion hampered in a net.
   L'Estrange.
   
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   They hamper and entangle our souls.
   Tillotson.
   
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   Hamper, n. [See Hamper to shackle.]
   A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
   W. Browne.
   
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   (Naut.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
   Ham. Nav. Encyc.
   
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   Top hamper (Naut.), unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.
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