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runcation

runcation noun: the act of weeding by hand.

Noun

runcation (countable and uncountable, plural runcations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of weeding by hand.
    • Then, having given it a second stirring, immediately before you sow; cast and disperse it into rills, or small narrow trenches, of four or five inches deep, and in even lines, at two foot interval, for the more commodious runcation, hawing, and dressing the trees: […]1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal...
    • The object of this harrowing or raking was simply in order that the weeds might be more easily eradicated ; but it is a question whether the good it did in facilitating the "runcation" (or hand-weeding) was greater than the injury it inflicted by bruising and tearing the corn.1855 July, The Farmer's magazine

Forms of runcation

pluralruncations

Origin of runcation

From Latin runcātus, from runcō.

Questions about runcation

What does runcation mean?
Runcation means the act of weeding by hand.
What part of speech is runcation?
Runcation is a noun.
What is the plural of runcation?
The plural of runcation is runcations.

Words near runcation in the dictionary

  1. runaways
  2. runback
  3. runbacks
  4. runbook
  5. runbooks
  6. runcation
  7. runcations
  8. runch
  9. runchase
  10. runchases
  11. runched

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