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samp † [< Algonk.; cf. Narraganset nasaump cornmeal porridge] 
n. cornmeal mush; hasty pudding.
See also: supon
- 1916 Roger Williams [1643] applies the name of nasaump (samp) to "a kind of Meale Pottage, unpartch'd." He further remarks that "the English samp is corn, beaten and boiled and eaten hot or cold with milk or butter."
- 1923 [The queer old iron kettle in which sanap [sic] pudding was boiled was the one that swung from the crane. . . .]
- 1943 A savory stew steamed near the fire in an iron kettle; a copper one held tea; there was a great bowl of white samp, the corn rinds having been leached off by soaking in wood ashes before boiling.
- 1916 Roger Williams [1643] applies the name of nasaump (samp) to "a kind of Meale Pottage, unpartch'd." He further remarks that "the English samp is corn, beaten and boiled and eaten hot or cold with milk or butter."