Category: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.

Tamper Tam"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tampering.] Etym: [a corruption of temper.]

1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper With a disease. 't is dangerous tampering with a muse. Roscommon.

2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.

3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. Others tampered for fleetwood, desborough, and lambert. Hudibras.