See also:IMP (O. Eng. impa, a See also:graft, shoot; the verb impian is cognate with Ger. impfen, to graft, inoculate, and the Fr. enter; the ultimate origin is probably the Gr. 'µ4uety, to implant, cf. Et.A4Uros, engrafted)
, originally a slip or shoot of a plant or See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree used for grafting
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This use is seen in See also:Chaucer (See also:Prologue to the See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
Monk's See also:Tale, 68) " Of fieble trees ther comen wrecched ympes." The verb " to See also:imp " in the sense of " to See also:graft " was especially used of the grafting of feathers on to the wing of a See also:falcon or See also:hawk to replace broken or damaged plumage, and is frequently used metaphorically
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Like " See also:scion," " imp " was till the 17th See also:century used of a member of a See also:family, especially of high See also:rank, hence often used as See also:equivalent to " See also:child." The New See also:English See also:Dictionary quotes an See also:epitaph (1584) in the See also:Beauchamp See also:chapel at See also:Warwick, " Heere resteth the See also:body of the See also:noble Impe See also:Robert of See also:Dudley ... sonne of Robert See also:Erie of Leycester." The current use of the word for a small See also:devil or mischievous sprite is due to the expressions " imp of Satan, or of the devil or of See also:hell," in the sense of " child of evil." It was thus particularly applied to the demons supposed to be the " See also:familiar " See also:spirits of witches
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