† porculationn.
Obsolete. rare.
The feeding or fattening of pigs.
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Porculation, a feeding of swine.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Porculation, feeding or fatting of Swine, bringing up of Hogs.
1800 T. Owen tr. Varro Three Bks. M. Terentius Varro 154 In relation to rearing, which they used to call Porculation, they suffer the young pigs to remain with their dams two months.
1851 Househ. Words 19 July 400/1 The porculation, or the fattening thereof, goes on from day to day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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