Note 152 — ANNUS MIRABILIS; THE YEAR OF WONDERS, 1666.
Reading edition
To imp, generally, is to ingraft; but here there is a reference to falconry, in which, when the broken feather in a hawk's wing is supplied by art, it is said to be imp'd.
Reading edition
To imp, generally, is to ingraft; but here there is a reference to falconry, in which, when the broken feather in a hawk's wing is supplied by art, it is said to be imp'd.