Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TUMP
TUMP, v.t. [W. twmp, a round mass, a hillock; L. 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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