samp

Definitions

1. An article of food consisting of coarse ground maize, or a porridge made from it.
   US, countable, uncountable
2. Abbreviation of adenylosuccinic acid.
   abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
3. A surname from Polish.

Examples

“1675, The Captivity of Mary Rowlandson, included in The Portable North American Indian Reader, New York: Penguin Books, 1977, page 341, I asked him to give⟳ me a little of his Broth, or Water they [Horses feet] were boiling in; he took a dish, and gave me one spoonful of Samp, and bid me take⟳ as much of the Broth as I would.”

“The meal, coarse or fine, is then used for samps, mushes, or batters, and cakes, thick or thin, and of many varieties and degrees of wholesomeness.”

“'You kids have⟳ everything but you don't appreciate it. Mom must cook⟳ you beans and samps. Do you hear⟳? Just beans and samps. That's all. Beans and samps.'”

“We remained in class until 12.45, and then had a lunch of samp, sour milk and beans, seldom meat.”

“Abigail taught her the use⟳ of the samp mortar. Samp was corn broken into coarse grains and boiled as porridge.”

“In the area of cuisine, the Xhosa have⟳ contributed many corn recipes, most famously samp and beans (umngqusho).”

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