What does runcation mean?
Runcation means (obsolete) The act of weeding by hand..
Runcation
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(obsolete) The act of weeding by hand..
Example Sentences
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: […]
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.
Even swine have been known so to feed ; and, further, by their constant runcation among whatever lies on the ground, suggest impurity, even if they were not generally foul feeders.
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- runcations
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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: […]
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