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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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.