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Alternative spellings
tompion

Noun
en-noun

1. A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover for the muzzle of a gun, a cannon or other piece of ordnance when not in use; a stopper; a bung.
2. music A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe.

See also
silencer

References
R:Webster 1913
R:Century 1911

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