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weeding, vbl. n.|ˈwiːdɪŋ|
[f. weed v. + -ing1.]
1. a. The action or process of freeing (land, a crop, etc.) from weeds.
c1100Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 105/3 Runcatio, weodung. c1440Promp. Parv. 519/2 Weddynge, runcacio. 1468–9Stonor Papers (Camden) I. 102 For wedyng in the whete, iij s. j d. 1523–34Fitzherb. Husb. §21 After a shoure of raine it is beste wedynge. Ibid., But as for terre, there wyll noo wedynge serue. 1583Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 10 John Hewode for the dresing, wyedinge and kypinge of the gardenes..foure and tynty shillynges. 1641Milton Animadv. 52 The weeding and worming of every bed both in that, and all other Gardens thereabout. 1707Mortimer Husb. 126 The common price of weeding of it [sc. woad] is about eight pence an Acre. 1846J. Baxter's Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 381 When draining is properly attended to, there will be little occasion for weeding. 1921Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Sept. 574/3 The subsequent weeding of the young crop [of teak] until it can hold its own against the rapid growth of weeds and useless trees.
b. The eradication (of weeds); also with out. Also fig.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 68 b, The wedyng out of Heretikes. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. xvi. 28 It was..ridiculous to compare the purging of the world from seditious spirits, with the weeding of noysome hearbs out of a Garden. 1901Scotsman 13 Mar. 9/4 One who..was all for the weeding out of incapacity and the selection of the fittest officers.
c. That which is weeded out.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. i. i. 96 Hee weedes the corne, and still lets grow the weeding.
2. a. The action of thinning out plants, trees, etc. Also concr. (pl.) the plants removed in the process.
1543Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 17 §5 Persons..which have..Woods or Coppice..shall, at the felling or weeding thereof, leave standing..twelve Trees of Oak. a1715Burnet Own Time (1734) II. 274 They charged him [Ld. Halifax] for another Grant..to the waste of the Timber... [He replied] His Grant in the Forest of Dean was only of the Weedings. 1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 254 At a second weeding, when it appears necessary, another third of the original number may be cut down. Ibid. 255 Ditto number of weedings, taken out before 20 years, and valued at one half-penny each. 1825Jamieson, Weedins, what is pulled up, or cut out, in thinning trees, &c. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 1098 To erect a pyramid of 3 small trees or weedings of larch or Scots fir.
b. transf. and fig. Also with out.
1844Disraeli Coningsby ii. i, The accession of Mr. Canning to the cabinet..soon led to a further weeding of the Mediocrities. 1853Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour lx. 342 It seemed agreed on all hands that their party rather wanted weeding than increasing. 1870Daily News 11 Nov., The feeling..is so strong, that a great weeding of the judicial bench is probable if the Republic lasts. 1884Athenæum 20 Dec. 800/3 Its value would have been greater if the two volumes had been reduced to one by the judicious weeding of the articles dealing with the controversy with Mill. 1916Kinematograph Year Bk. 36 (heading) The weeding-out process. 1932New Yorker 14 May 56/2, I should like to hear some of the manuscripts that the weeding-out committee considered inferior to the final five. 1953J. S. Huxley Evolution in Action ii. 42 This weeding-out process. 1968North Amer. Rev. CVII. 589 In one case, and in one case only, could this weeding [of a library's collection] be properly made. 1977Times 31 Aug. 4/1 Valuable material may have been destroyed during ‘weeding’. 1981D. Francis Twice Shy xii. 139 He disagreed strongly with my weeding-out policy, even though I'd..discussed every dud [horse] to be discarded.
3. attrib. and Comb., as weeding season, weeding time; in the names of many tools used in removing weeds, as weeding chisel, † weeding dog, weeding forceps, weeding fork, † weeding iron, † weeding knife (lit. and fig.), weeding pincers, weeding shears, † weeding tongs (lit. and fig.), weeding tool, also weeding-hook; weeding dues slang (see quot. and weed v. 4 e); weeding shim dial. (see quot.); weeding-woman (cf. weeder woman, weeder 4).
1819Rees Cycl., *Weeding-chisel, an useful tool with a divided chisel point, for cutting the roots of large weeds within the ground.
1688Holme Armoury iii. 392/2 In the Base is..a Gardiners *Weeding Dog. It is made with a Taper Fork, and a Cross bar of Iron, some six or eight Inches above, [etc.].
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict. s.v., Speaking of any person, place, or property, that has been weeded, it is said *weeding dues have been concerned.
1819Rees Cycl., *Weeding-Forceps, or Tongs, the tool of the nipper kind which is made use of for taking up some sorts of plants in weeding corn and other crops.
1611Cotgr., Serfoët, a weeding hooke, or *weeding forke. 1828–32Webster, Weeding-Fork, a strong three-pronged fork, used in cleaning ground of weeds. 1921Blackw. Mag. June 769/2, I was summoned into the house..and leaving my weeding-fork and basket, was absent..perhaps an hour. 1562*Weding yron [see weed v.1 2]. 1683J. Reid Scots Gard. (1907) 149 Pull up the roots cleanly, taking the help of the weeding-iron where needful.
1728Swift Pastoral Dial. xi. Misc. 1732 III. ii. 38 Him on my Lap you never more should see; Or may I lose my *Weeding-knife—and Thee. 1751Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 183 The scythe of time, or the weeding-knife of a judicious editor, will cut down the docks and thistles.
1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 381 When large weeds only are to be pulled out of shrubberies, this may sometimes be done with *weeding pincers.
a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 385 The latter end of the *weeding-season. 1906A. Werner Natives Brit. Central Africa vi. 137 In the planting and weeding seasons, people set out for the gardens before daylight.
1688Holme Armoury iii. xx. (Roxb.) 246/1 He beareth Gules, a paire of Weeding Tonges Or, else a paire of *Weeding Sheares, erected and open. 1850Ogilvie, Weeding-shears, shears used for cutting weeds.
1819Rees Cycl., *Weeding-Shim, an implement..made with a frame somewhat like that of the common wheel⁓barrow... It is a very useful and convenient tool for the purpose of tearing up weeds.
1523–34Fitzherb. Husb. §16 The whiche shal be great hurte to the corne, whan it shall be sowen, and specially in the *weding-tyme of the same. 1733W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farm. 298, I was obliged several Years after, to cut them up in Weeding-time.
a1555Bradford in Coverdale Lett. Martyrs (1564) 462 Yf god..perchaunce beginne..to poure hys showers vpon you: to nippe you with his *weeding tonges, &c. 1688[see weeding shears].
1850Ogilvie, *Weeding tool, an implement for pulling up, digging up, or cutting weeds.
1710Addison Tatler No. 221 He gave me positive Orders to turn off an old *Weeding-Woman. 1908[Miss E. Fowler] Betw. Trent & Ancholme 40 Two old weeding-women, cheek by cheek, taking up daisies. |