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A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft. |
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An offspring; progeny; child; scion. |
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A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny
demon; a contemptible evil worker. |
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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. |
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To graft; to insert as a scion. |
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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. |
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