jimp meaning (dated): definition, etymology and quotations

jimp

adj

Etymology Of unknown origin.

Do I look so terrible old, Gilian, that you cannot think of me as not so bad-looking either, with a bonny eye, they said, and a jimp waist, and a foot like the honey-bee?1899, Neil Munro, Gilian the Dreamer, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2007:
… Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze.1994, George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, Reprint edition, HarperCollins, published 2011, →ISBN:

Northern England, Scotland, Dated scant; barely sufficient.

noun

Etymology Of unknown origin.

A notch on the spine of a knife blade to increase grip, usually in sets of three or more (jimping).

Such a notch elsewhere on the knife (handle scales, liner lock, choil) for the same purpose (grippiness).