| 单词 | to imp the wings of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto imp the wings of b. To imp a wing (or bird) with feathers. to imp the wings of: to strengthen or improve the flight of. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > other hawking procedures enseamc1450 imp1477 rebuke1486 feat1508 mewc1515 canvas1559 cope1575 mail1575 man1575 watchc1575 to imp the wings of1596 pepper1618 stone1618 brail1643 feak1686 hack1873 1596 E. Spenser Fowre Hymnes 135 Gathering plumes of perfect speculation, To impe the wings of thy high flying mynd. 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 19 When beggars-brats are wrapt in rich perfumes, And soare aloft, impt with our Eagles plumes. a1618 J. Sylvester Posthumi Sonn. iv Imping his broken wings with better plumes. a1674 J. Milton To Ld. Fairfax in Lett. of State (1694) p. xlvi The false North displays Her broken League to Imp her Serpent Wings. 1792 J. Wolcot Lyric Epist. to Ld. Macartney 40 And [Fortune] with an Eagle's pinion imps an Owl. 1816 R. Southey Lay of Laureate Proem ii My spirit imp'd her wings for stronger flight. 1852 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. II. xviii. 251 At the same time Barry Cornwall first imped his wing in my grateful pages. 1886 A. C. Swinburne Misc. 145 The highest flight that Wordsworth's muse could attain when her wings were imped with plumes of religious doctrine. < as lemmas |
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