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单词 runcation
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runcationn.

Brit. /rʌŋˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrəŋˈkeɪʃən/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin runcātiōn-, runcātiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin runcātiōn-, runcātiō action of weeding < runcāt- , past participial stem of runcāre to weed ( < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek ὀρύσσειν to dig up: see orycto- comb. form) + -iō -ion suffix1.
Now rare.
The action or an act of weeding. Also occasionally: the action of rooting.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > weeding or weed control
weedingOE
louking1491
weeding out1558
averruncation1656
runcation1664
thistling1766
weeding process1834
weed control1908
weed digging1950
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 6 For the more commodious Runcation, Hawing, and dressing the Trees.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 80 They pulled up by hand the weeds;..this they termed runcation.
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xv. 93 After a few Days when it began to spring, they repeated their Runcation.
1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. v. 114 The culture of this celebrated plant [sc. Lucerne] was very minutely attended to by the old Romans; but their sacritions [sic; 1768 (ed. 2) sarritions], runcations, and rigations, however they might answer in those times, it is very clear will not at present.
1863 W. Smith Dict. Bible III. 1589/1 Swine.., by their constant runcation among whatever lies on the ground, suggest impurity.
1908 S. Baring-Gould Devonshire Char. & Strange Events 444 It was his practice never..to employ a direct word when he could find a roundabout mode of expressing himself; a weeding with him would be a runcation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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