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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Imping  \Imp"ing\,  n.  [See  {Imp}  to  graft.] 
  1.  The  act  or  process  of  grafting  or  mending.  [Archaic] 
 
  2.  (Falconry)  The  process  of  repairing  broken  feathers  or  a 
  deficient  wing. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Imp  \Imp\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Imped};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Imping}.]  [AS.  impian  to  imp,  ingraft,  plant;  akin  to  Dan. 
  ympe,  Sw  ympa,  OHG.  impf[=o]n,  impit[=o]n,  G.  impfen.  See 
  {Imp},  n.] 
  1.  To  graft;  to  insert  as  a  scion.  [Obs.]  --Rom.  of  R. 
 
  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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