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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Hamper

/(hăm"pẽr)/ · Ham·per · IPA /ˈhæm.pɚ/
01 n. A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamp…
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    A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.
02 v. t. To put in a hamper.
imp. & p. p. Hampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hampering
  1. 1.
    To put in a hamper.
03 v. t. To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to en…
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    To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.
    “A lion hampered in a net.” — L'Estrange.
    “They hamper and entangle our souls.” — Tillotson.
04 n. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
  1. 1.
    A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
  2. 2.
    Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
Top hamper — unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.