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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture;
[syn: tampion, tompion]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tampion \Tam"pi*on\, 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.] 1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tompion \Tom"pi*on\, n. [See Tampios] 1. A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone. --Knight. [1913 Webster] 3. The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tompion n 1: plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture [syn: tampion, tompion]