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.

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).

单词	runcation
释义	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. 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). < n.1664
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