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1. Noun

A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.

2. Noun

An offspring; progeny; child; scion.

3. Noun

A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.

4. Noun

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.

5. Noun

To graft; to insert as a scion.

6. Noun

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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