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Noun
  1. (obsolete) A young shoot of a plant, tree etc. [9th–17th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A scion, offspring; a child. [15th–19th c.]
  3. A young or inferior devil; a malevolent supernatural creature, similar to a demon but smaller and less powerful. [from 16th c.]
  4. A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]
  5. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, such as an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.
  6. A baby Tasmanian devil.
Verb
  1. (obsolete) To plant or engraft.
  2. (archaic) To graft, implant; to set or fix.
  3. (falconry) To engraft feathers into a bird's wing.
  4. To eke out, strengthen, enlarge.
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