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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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