samp
coarsely ground corn.
a porridge made of it.
Origin of samp
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How to use samp in a sentence
This was the samp-mill, where their corn was pounded into meal.
The Puritan Twins | Lucy Fitch PerkinsThe Indian samp-wallahs do not use any infusion or unguent to stupefy and disarm their snakes, as do those of Ethiopia.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series | Philip Henry GosseThen I put some of the hot water to the samp, and drank it up, and my spirit came again.
Captivity and Restoration | Mrs. Mary RowlandsonThese hand-mills are sometimes still found in use as "samp-mills."
Customs and Fashions in Old New England | Alice Morse Earlesamp is the corn skinned, as we shell oats, or make pearl barley; it is then boiled with pork or other meat, as we boil peas.
British Dictionary definitions for samp
/ (sæmp) /
Southern African crushed maize used for porridge
Origin of samp
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