TUMP, noun [infra.] A little hillock. TUMP, verb transitive [Latin tumulus. See Tomb.] In gardening, to form a mass of earth or a hillock round a plant; as, to tump teasel. [This English phrase is not used in America, but it answers nearly to our hilling. See Hill.]
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