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ablactation|ˌæblækˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. ablactātiōn-em, n. of action f. ablactāre; see ablactate.]
1. The weaning of a child, or the young of quadrupeds, from the mother.
1656Blount Glossog., Ablactation, a weaning, as children from the Mother's Teat. 1666J. Smith Solomon's Portr. Old Age (1752) 74 The time of ablactation of the child is indicated by the beginning of the use of the teeth. 1841Cockburn Jeffrey II. Let. 157 The consequences of too sudden and peremptory an ablactation. 1863Burton Abeokuta I. 45 In Northern Europe ablactation begins when the milk teeth appear.
2. Hort. The process of grafting (trees), also called inarching.
1676J. Rea Flora 195 Called grafting by Approach, by some Ablactation. 1681Worlidge Syst. Agric. 321 Ablactation is one of the ways of Grafting; that is, weaning the Cion by degrees from its mother. 1763Miller Gard. Dict. Abridged s.v. Grafting, Grafting by approach or ablactation..is to be performed in the month of April. 1802W. Forsyth Fruit Trees xxii. 311 (1824) Grafting by approach, or ablactation when the stock..and the tree from which you take your graft, stand so near together that they may be joined. |