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Webster 1913 Edition
Arcuation
Arcˊu-a′tion
,Noun.
[L.
arcuatio
.] 1.
The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Coxe.
2.
(Hort.)
A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
Chambers.
Webster 1828 Edition
Arcuation
ARCUA'TION
, n.1.
The act of bending; incurvation; the state of being bent; curvity; crookedness; great convexity of the thorax.2.
A method of raising trees by layers; that is, by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth, three inches deep upon the joints; making a basin of earth to hold the water. When these have taken root, they are removed into a nursery.