Tramped

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tramp \Tramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tramped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tramping}.] [OE. trampen; akin to LG. trampen, G. trampeln,
     LG. & D. trappen, Dan. trampe, Sw. & Icel. trampa, Goth.
     anatrimpan to press upon; also to D. trap a step, G. treppe
     steps, stairs. Cf. {Trap} a kind of rock, {Trape}, {Trip}, v.
     i., {Tread}.]


     1. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
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     2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
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     3. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
        [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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