Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Samp \Samp\, n. [From American Indian s[=a]pac, saupac, made
   soft, or thinned.]
   An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised,
   which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk;
   coarse hominy.

Samp \Samp\, n. [Massachusetts Indian nas[`a]ump unparched meal
   porridge.]
   An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised,
   which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk;
   coarse hominy. [U. S.]