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tamper [′tam·pər] (civil engineering) A ramming device for compacting a granular material such as soil, backfill, or unformed concrete; usually powered by a motor. (nucleonics) (ordnance) In a weapon, any substance that resists movement for a split microsecond, used so that the active materials may build up greater pressure behind the substance. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This would be the more likely to take place, as the delinquencies of the larger members might be expected sometimes to proceed from an ambitious premeditation in their rulers, with a view to getting rid of all external control upon their designs of personal aggrandizement; the better to effect which it is presumable they would tamper beforehand with leading individuals in the adjacent States. I don't believe the doctor has any business to tamper with the visitations of God. It is neither generous, nor honourable, nor the act of a true man, sir,' retorted the other, 'to tamper with the affections of a weak, trusting girl, while you shrink, in your unworthiness, from her guardian and protector, and dare not meet the light of day. |
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