† racemationn.
Obsolete.
1. The gleaning or gathering of grapes.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > grape-picking or harvest
vendonging1340
vendage1377
vintage1540
grape-harvest1574
grape-gathering1580
vindemiation1609
racemation1623
vint1639
vindemiating1728
vendange1766
vendemmia1826
vintaging1834
graping1854
grape-picking1897
vendimia1965
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Racemation, gathering of Grapes.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Racemation, a gathering of Grapes after the great Clusters are gone; a gleaning of Grapes [citing Hist. K. Chas. = quot. 1655 at sense 2a].
1685 Bp. G. Burnet Life W. Bedell 220 Some curious Instruments out of Italy for Racemation, Engrafting, and Inoculating.
2.
a. A collection or cluster, as of grapes.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun]
queleta1382
congregationc1384
numberc1400
hirselc1425
company1439
assemblement1470
bundle1535
sort1563
raccolta1591
bevy1604
crew1607
congest1625
concoursea1628
nest1630
comportation1633
racemationa1641
assembly1642
collect1651
assemblage1690
faggot1742
museum1755
pash1790
shock1806
consortium1964
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 389 Meere Racemations, or Collections from the Writings of elder Fathers then himselfe.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 115 Such a racemation and cluster of abominations, as were never heard of before.
1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum i. i. 61 The old Crafty Fox knew well, that where there was a Nest Egge left, the Priest; and Friers would Lay to it the whole Racemation of their Superstitions.
1762 J. Cook New Theory Generation 115 He vented enough..to impregnate the whole Racemation, or Cluster of Yolks.
b. A small number or quantity still remaining, as grapes to be gleaned. Also: what is gleaned, gleanings.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > grape-picking or harvest > grape gleaning
grapelagea1603
grape-gleaning1611
racemation1650
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > the rest > of persons > a small remaining number of persons
remnanta1382
remainder1567
rump1649
racemation1650
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. ix. 31 He suffered a small racemation to remain, still preserving..the solemn Jury of the twelve Tribes.
1655 T. Fuller Hist. Cambr. Univ. 5 Yet a racemation at least of Scholars..remained in Cambridge.
1660 J. Gauden Mem. Bp. Brounrigg 4 His racemation, or after-gatherings [would be] beyond their proudest Vintages.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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