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interlucation rare.|-luːˈkeɪʃən|
[ad. L. interlūcātiōn-em (Pliny), n. of action f. interlūcāre: see prec.]
The action of thinning a tree or wood.
1656Blount Glossogr., Interlucation, a cutting off boughs, where they let or hinder the light. 1664Evelyn Sylva (1776) 472 For interlucation, remove Exuberant branches..where the boughs grow too thick and cumbersome, to let in Sun and Air. Ibid. (1679) Advt., Let them read for..interlucation, thinning and disbranching of a wood. 1887Rep. U.S. Sec. Agric., Forestry 221 (Funk) By interlucations we imitate, assist, anticipate nature in this process of elimination. |