Tump (?), n. [W. twmp, twm, a round mass or heap, a hillock.] A little
hillock; a knoll. Ainsworth.
Tump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tumped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Tumping.] 1.
To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel.
2. To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
[Local, U. S.] Bartlett.
Tump"line` (?), n. A strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him
in carrying a pack on his back. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.
Tum"-tum` (?), n. A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled
plantain quite soft in a wooden mortar.
Tu"mu*lar (?), a. [L. tumulus a mound: cf. F. tumulaire. See Tumulus.]
Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock. Pinkerton.
Tu"mu*late (?), v. t. [L. tumulatus, p. p. of tumulare to tumulate. See
Tumulus.] To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury. [Obs.]
Tu"mu*late, v. i. To swell. [Obs.] Wilkins.
Tu"mu*lose` (?), a. Tumulous. [R.] Bailey.
Tu`mu*los"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being tumulous;
hilliness. [R.] Bailey.
Tu"mu*lous (?), a. [L. tumulosus, fr. tumulus a mound.] Full of small
hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose. [R.] Bailey.
Tu"mult (?), n. [L. tumultus; probably akin to Skr. tumula noise,
noisy, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell, E. tumid: cf. F. tumulte.] 1.
The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with
great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy
confusion.
What meaneth the noise of this tumult ?