单词 | runcation |
释义 | runcationn. Now rare. The action or an act of weeding. Also occasionally: the action of rooting. ΘΚΠ 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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