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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TROMP, n. [See Trumpet.] A blowing machine formed of a hollow tree, used in furnaces.

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: by alteration Date: 1846 intransitive verb 1. tramp 1 <a lot of knocking on doors, tromping from room to room — Sara Davidson> 2. to step hard ; stamp <tromped on the brake> transitive verb 1. tramp 2. stamp <tromps the accelerator to the floor — Jim Becker> 3. a. to give a physical beating to b. to defeat decisively

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Maarten Harpertszoon 1598-1653 Dutch admiral

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tromp Tromp, n. [F. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Cf. Trump a trumpet.] A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace. [Written also trompe, and trombe.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tromp Tromp, Trompe Trompe, n. [See Trump a trumpet.] A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.] --Chaucer.