imp
6 definitions found
imp - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Imp \Imp\ ([i^]mp), n. [OE. imp a graft, AS. impa; akin to Dan.
ympe, Sw. ymp, prob. fr. LL. impotus, Gr. ? engrafted,
innate, fr. ? to implant; ? in + ? to produce; akin to E. be.
See 1st In-, Be.]
1. A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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2. An offspring; progeny; child; scion. [Obs.]
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The tender imp was weaned. --Fairfax.
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3. A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a
puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.
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To mingle in the clamorous fray
Of squabbling imps. --Beattie.
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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.]
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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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imp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
imp
n 1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn:
elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp,
monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]
imp - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :
IMP
1. <language> IMProved Mercury autocode.
2. <language> An extensible dialect of ALGOL 60, for CDC 1604
.
["Experience with an Extensible Language", Edgar T. Irons,
CACM 13(1):31-39, Jan 1970].
3. <language> Interpretive Menu Processor.
4. <language> IMPlementation language.
5. <networking> Interface Message Processor.
(1996-04-07)
imp - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :
IMP
Interface Message Processors (ARPANET, MILNET)
imp - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "imp":
Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Dingbelle, Fifinella, Finnbeara, Hob,
Hobgoblin, JD, Mab, Oberon, Puck, Titania, appendage, arm, bad boy,
bad fairy, bad peri, banshee, booger, bough, branch, brat, brownie,
buffoon, bugger, cluricaune, cutup, devil, deviling, devilkin,
diablotin, dwarf, elf, enfant terrible, erlking, fairy,
fairy queen, fay, funmaker, gamin, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hand,
hob, hobgoblin, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, joint, joker,
jokester, juvenile delinquent, knave, kobold, leg, leprechaun,
limb, link, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, lobe,
lobule, member, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, monkey, offshoot,
organ, ouphe, peri, pinion, pixie, poltergeist, pooka,
practical joker, prankster, puca, puck, punk, punk kid, pwca,
ramification, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, runner,
scamp, scapegrace, scion, spoiled brat, spray, sprig, sprite, spur,
switch, sylph, sylphid, tail, tendril, tokoloshe, troll, twig,
urchin, wag, whippersnapper, wing, young devil
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