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graffing, vbl. n.|ˈgrɑːfɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. graff v.1 + -ing1.]
= grafting vbl. n.1 in various senses.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ix. xxx. (1495) 366 Lente is tyme of graffynge for in Lente graftes ben grafted on the trees. c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 36 Another seith ther graffying nigh the grounde Is best, ther esili they comprehende And preue. 1571Hanmer Chron. Irel. (1633) 187 Manuall labour, as..planting and greffing for daily wages. 1575Art of Planting 19 There be many wayes of graffinges. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xlvii. §11. 165 This Emperor was..from the graffing of his neck, to the groin very long, but from thence somewhat short and bow-legged withal. 1667Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. Wks. 1882 II. 53 But I fear we shall not have the graffing of the horns. 1672― Conq. Granada, Defence Epil. 169 By this graffing, as I may call it, on old words, has our Tongue been Beautified by the three fore-mention'd Poets. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xxxv. 134 The neat work upon the rigging, —the knots..pointings, and graffings. 1876Swinburne Erechth. 199 For the first fair graft of his graffing. 1884Black Jud. Shaks. ii, Left to his weeding and graffing.
attrib.1523Fitzherb. Husb. §136 Thou must haue a graffynge-sawe. Ibid., Thou must haue also a graffynge knyfe. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Encensar tierra para plantar, to set graffing stockes. 1661Ogilby King's Coronation 30 All Sorts of Graffing, and Gardening Tools. |