Samp
name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An article of food consisting of coarse ground maize, or a porridge made from it. US, countable, uncountable
"1675, The Captivity of Mary Rowlandson, included in The Portable North American Indian Reader, New York: Penguin Books, 1977, page 341, I asked him to give me a little of his Broth, or Water they [Horses feet] were boiling in; he took a dish, and gave me one spoonful of Samp, and bid me take as much of the Broth as I would."
- 2 Abbreviation of adenylosuccinic acid. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
- 1 A surname from Polish.
Example
More examples"1675, The Captivity of Mary Rowlandson, included in The Portable North American Indian Reader, New York: Penguin Books, 1977, page 341, I asked him to give me a little of his Broth, or Water they [Horses feet] were boiling in; he took a dish, and gave me one spoonful of Samp, and bid me take as much of the Broth as I would."
Etymology
From Massachusett nasamp, nasaump (“softened with water”); compare suppawn.
Borrowed from Polish Samp. It could also be a hypocoristic form of the personal name Samson.
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