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Imp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imped p. pr. & vb. n. Imping.]
1. To graft; to insert as a scion. [Obs.]
2. Falconry To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, [Fig.]: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen; to equip. [Archaic]
Imp out our drooping country's broken wing. --Shak.
Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes. --Fuller.
Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing. --Holmes.
Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage
With all the scorpions that should whip this age. --Cleveland.
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Imp n.
1. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs.]
2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [Obs.]
The tender imp was weaned. --Fairfax.
3. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.
To mingle in the clamorous fray
Of squabbling imps. --Beattie.
4. Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
imp
n 1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf,
hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie]
2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: scamp, monkey, rascal,
rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]