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   Tampion , n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See Tap a pipe or plug, and cf. Tamp, Tampop, Tompion.] [Written also tampeon, and tompion.]
   A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.
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   (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
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   Tompion , n. [See Tampios]
   A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.
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   (Mus.) A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone.
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   The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
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