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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Tramping, vbl. n. [Tramp v.1] a. The process of packing a commodity in powder form by compression. b. Const. doun: The action of crushing; also, fig., suppressing. —a. 1558 Treas. Acc. X 428.
For paking and tramping [pr. cramping] of the said flour in the barrellis and dichting thairof 1558 Treas. Acc. X 433.
For … lyme schippit in Prestoun havin … Item for tramping of the saymn and stray to cover it witht —b. 1558 Edinb. B. Rec. III 26.
The dampnage … sustenit be him in tramping down of his gers —fig. 1562-3 Winȝet I 132/10.
The tramping doun of idolatrie
