Found 3 items, similar to Imping.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: imp
hantu, setan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: imp
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Imping
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.
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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]
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Imp out our drooping country's broken wing. --Shak.
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Who lazily imp their wings with other men's plumes.
--Fuller.
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Here no frail Muse shall imp her crippled wing.
--Holmes.
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Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage
With all the scorpions that should whip this age.
--Cleveland.
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Imping
\Imp"ing\ ([i^]mp"[i^]ng), n. [See
Imp to graft.]
1. The act or process of grafting or mending. [Archaic]
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2. (Falconry) The process of repairing broken feathers or a
deficient wing.
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