Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Imping"

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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