† mangonismn.
Obsolete.
1. The action of furbishing up inferior goods for sale. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia (following Cotgrave) Mangonism, the craft of pampering, trimming or setting out saleable things.
2. Horticulture. A method of treating plants by artificial processes in order to produce changes in their growth.
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1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 41 Let Gentlemen and Ladies..trust little by Mangonisme, Insuccations, or Medicine to alter the Species.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Dict. in Compl. Gard'ner sig. Bi Mangonism, is an Art used by some by the infusion of certain injuries or tinctures of several Colours..into the Roots or stems of Plants.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 136 The flower or fruit, either in bulk or number, may not equally succeed by such mangonism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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