(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:50:47

Tom"pi*on (?), n. [See Tampios]

1.

A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.

2. Mus.

A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone.

Knight.

3.

The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.

 

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