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runcations

runcations is the plural of runcation.

Meaning of runcation

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...

Questions about runcations

What is runcations the plural of?
Runcations is the plural of runcation.

Words near runcations in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: runcations (page history and authors); runcation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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