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Webster 1913 Edition


Ablactation

Abˊlac-ta′tion

.
Noun.
1.
The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.
Blount.
2.
(Hort.)
The process of grafting now called
inarching
, or
grafting by approach
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ablactation

ABLACTA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. ab and lae, milk. Lacto, to suckle.]
1.
In medical authors, the weaning of a child from the breast.
2.
Among ancient gardeners, a method of grafting in which the cion was not separated from the parent stock, till it was firmly united to that in which it was inserted. This is now called grafting by approach or inarching. [See Graft.]

Definition 2024


ablactation

ablactation

English

Noun

ablactation (plural ablactations)

  1. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][1]
  2. (obsolete, horticulture) The process of grafting now called inarching, or "grafting by approach". [Attested from the late 17th century until the early 19th century.][1]

Translations

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 5

French

Etymology

ab- + lactation

Noun

ablactation f (plural ablactations)

  1. (medicine) Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
  2. (medicine, archaic) The weaning of a child.