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Pronunciation : Vamp v. i.
Definition : Defn: To advance; to travel. [Obs.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Vamp
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, F. avantpied the forefoot, vamp; anat before, fore + pied foot, L. pes. See Advance, Van of an army, and Foot.]
Definition : 1. The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.

2. Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Vamp
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up. I had never much hopes of your vamped play. Swift.

t. [imp. & p. p. Vamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Vamping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913