Sc. Obs. rare. Also 7 trampe. [ad. F. tremper to soak, steep (trans. and intr.), temper (iron or steel); also to be implicated (in); by metathesis from *temprer, ad. L. temperāre to temper, qualify, modify: see TEMPER v., TREMP. Cf. TRAMP sb.2] trans. To steep, soak; const. in. Also intr. for pass. Also fig.
1568. Skeyne, The Pest (1860), 35. Applicand the samin … vpon the partis pectoralis, with ane lytill scarlote trampit in the decoctioun.
1570. Buchanan, Admonitioun, Wks. (1892), 24. Wt … hart … full of fellony toung trampit in dissait.
1597. Lowe, Chirurg. (1634), 209. Let the end of the pellet or Uvula trampe in it.
