What is "imped"

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.

Etymology 1 n. A creature without feet. Etymology 2

a. (context especially of feathers in falconry English) engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping.