setlingn.
/ˈsɛtlɪŋ/ A slip taken from a tree and planted.
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planteOE
plantingeOE
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graft1483
quickset1484
slip1495
setlingc1503
set1513
pitchset1519
slaving?1523
truncheon1572
stallon1587
crosset1600
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side-slip1651
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pitcher1707
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root cutting1784
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heel1822
cutling1834
piping1851
cutback1897
stump plant1953
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxiiij/1 A setlyng yt spryngeth out of a nother trees Roete.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclvii Euery yonge setlyng lightly with smale stormes is a peyred.
1564 T. Becon Wks. I. Pref. sig. B vj Such as be..newly planted in the religion of Christ, and haue taken no sure roote in the same, are easily moued, as young setlings & caryed away.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xix. 41 For setlings, those are to be preferr'd which grow neerest to the stock.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallow Some there are who plant them [sc. Sallows] at full Height,..but then they are less useful for Staves and Settlings, nor do they grow so speedily.
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