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samp U.S.|sæmp|
Also 7 sampe.
[a. Algonkin nasamp (Wood Vocab. 1634), Narragansett nasaump (R. Williams), lit. ‘softened by water’, applied subst. to ‘every kind of spoon meat, bouillon, or porridge’ (Trumbull in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LV. 454). Cf. supawn.]
Coarsely-ground Indian corn; also a kind of porridge made from it.
1643R. Williams Key 11 Nasàump, a kind of meale pottage, unpartch'd. From this the English call their Samp, which is the Indian corne, beaten and boild, and eaten hot or cold with milke or butter. 1672J. Josselyn New Eng. Rarities 101 The corn is light of digestion, and the English make a kind of Loblolly of it, which they call Sampe. 1833Whittier Passaconaway Prose Wks. 1889 I. 276 My squaws have fine mat, big wigwam, soft samp. 1899Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. Mar. 133 Samp, a beautiful form of hominy. |