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iˈnoculating, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. inoculate in its various uses: inoculation.
1598Florio, Innoculatione, an inoculating. a1626Bacon New Atl. (1631) 33 We practise..all Conclusions of Grafting and Inoculating, as well of Wilde-Trees as Fruit-Trees. 1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 57 Grafting and inoculating, and pruning of Fruit-Trees. 1771Mrs. Harris in Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury I. 231 Inoculation is going on very briskly here..Is there any inoculating in Spain? 1802W. Forsyth Fruit Trees (1824) 320 The time for inoculating is from the middle of June to the middle of August.
attrib.1776J. Adams in Fam. Lett. (1876) 189, I could almost wish that an inoculating hospital was opened in every town in New England. 1776M. Cutler in Life, Jrnls. & Corr. (1888) I. 58 The Inoculating Hospital. |