See quotations.
1643. Nasàump, A kind of meale pottage, unpartch’d. From this the English call their Samp, which is the Indian corne, beaten and boild, and eaten hot or cold with milke or butter, which are mercies beyond the Natives plaine water, and which is a dish exceeding wholesome for the English bodies.—R. Williams, ‘A Key into the Language of America,’ p. 11 (Bartlett). (Italics in the original.)
1672. The decoction of the blew Corn, is good to wash fore Mouths with: It is light of digestion, and the English make a kind of Loblolly of it to eat with Milk, which they call Sampe; they beat it in a Morter, and sift the flower out of it; the remainder they call Homminey.—John Josselyn, ‘New-Englands Rarities,’ pp. 52–3 (Bartlett). (Italics in the original.)
1857. I’ll show you the samp you had for breakfast.—J. G. Holland, ‘The Bay-Path,’ p. 138.
