interlucationn.
/ɪntəluːˈkeɪʃən/ rare.
The action of thinning a tree or wood.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Interlucation, a cutting off boughs, where they let or hinder the light.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 472 For interlucation, remove Exuberant branches..where the boughs grow too thick and cumbersome, to let in Sun and Air.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) Advt. Let them read for..interlucation, thinning and disbranching of a wood.
1887 Rep. U.S. Sec. Agric., Forestry 221 (Funk) By interlucations we imitate, assist, anticipate nature in this process of elimination.
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