Definitions for "Tamping"
The process of packing stemming or explosive in a blasthole.
Using a narrow machine compactor, a tamping bar, or the handle of a shovel or other tool to compact earth backfill around a post, pole, or pile.
A method of compacting soil using the impact of a power or hand tamper on the surface of the soil placed.
Keywords:  tendril
Keywords:  jab, rake, bubbles, concrete, aggregate
Using a rake in concrete work to jab aggregate down and to work out any air bubbles.
Keywords:  exploding, blasting, mine, branch, hole
The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine.
Keywords:  material, see
The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1.