hamper
41hamper — hamper1 noun a basket with a handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, etc. on a picnic. ↘Brit. a box containing food and drink for a special occasion. Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. hanaper case for a goblet , from OFr. hanap goblet ,… …
42hamper — I. n. 1. Crate, packing, basket. 2. Fetter, shackle, clog chain. II. v. a. Shackle, fetter, entangle, clog, encumber, restrain, hinder, impede, clog …
43hamper — I v 1. encumber, cumber, hinder, inhibit, hold back; impede, retard, slow, handicap; obstruct, block, oppilate, cramp, choke, smother; frustrate, thwart, interfere with; control, limit, circumscribe, confine, restrict; restrain, check, curb,… …
44hamper — ham·per …
45hamper — verb Syn: hinder, obstruct, impede, inhibit, delay, slow down, hold up, interfere with, handicap, hamstring Ant: help …
46hamper — 1. Clothes container. Wahi waiho lole. 2. Hinder. Ala alai, ālai, ānai, ho opilikia …
47Top hamper — Hamper Ham per, n. [See {Hamper} to shackle.] 1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. W. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster] {Top hamper}… …
48Ben Hamper — Infobox actor bgcolour = name = Ben Hamper imagesize = 300px caption = Hamper snooping on his neighbors birthname = Bernard Egan Hamper III birthdate = location = Flint, Michigan, United States height = deathdate = deathplace = othername =… …
49Main-hamper — Main ham per, n. [F. main hand (see {Main} a hand at dice) + E. hamper.] A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press. [1913 Webster] …
50top-hamper — 1791, originally the upper masts, sails, and rigging of a sailing ship, later extended to modern vessels, from TOP (Cf. top) (n.1) + HAMPER (Cf. hamper) (n.) in the nautical sense of things necessary but often in the way …
