Volume 1

Dictionarium rusticum, urbanicum & botanicum: or, a dictionary of husbandry, gardening, trade, commerce, and all sorts of country-affairs.

  • John Worlidge
Date:
1726
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    Di&ionarium RufUcitm, Urbanicum, Botamamr <5cc. o r, a ■: DICTIONARY OF Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, Commerce, and all Sorts of CoUNXR Y-A F F AI R S. ABS AC H ABLACTATION, the weaning of a Child from the Bread:: A- mong Gardiners, a par¬ ticular manner of Grafting, When the Cy- c;-? is as it were wean’d by degrees from its Mother-Stock, but not wholly cut off, till it be firmly united to the Stock on which it is grafted. See more under Grafting. A B LA QU EAT I ON, a laying bare, or digging about the bottom of the Trunks and Roots of Trees, fo as they may be expos’d to the Air, Sun and Rain, in order to bring forth Fruit more plen¬ tifully. ABNODATION [in Agriculture'] the pruningof Trees, and cutting off the Knobs and Knots. j ABORTION is a Term by fome made uie of, as to Fruits that ate pro- ! duc’d before their time; to which evil Trees are fubjedf, when bad Winds blaft them, fo that die Fruit never comes to Maturity. ABSCESS, A Diflemper, in Sheep, known by a Swelling or Tumour ift the part affedled : The JYlethod of Cure is to open it, in what part foever it is found, fo let out the Corruption, and to pouf into the wound fome melted Pitch and burnt Salt powdered. A B S CE SS inHorfes proceeds from a Blow, Hurt or fome Violence the Cure is to anoint the injured Part with Lime reduced to a fine Powder mixt with Wine and Oil in'equal Quantities, brought to a pretty thick confidence; or elfe to apply Wheat-flour, deep’d in Vinegar ; and half an Ounce of Manna. AC A CI A,afortofever-greenShrub; the Virginian Acacia is very much propa¬ gated by the French, for the. adorning of their Walks: It endures all fliarp Seafons but high Winds, which it does not well relid, by reafon of its brittle Quality; the Roots that run like Llquorifh under¬ ground, are apt to make the Soil lean, and therefore not fit for our Gardens; They are encreas'd by Suckers, and thrive well in the Plantation in St. James's Park. ACCOUNTS of Sales; fin Mer¬ chandize imports an Account wherein the Sals of Goods is exprefs’d. ACHE, a Pain in any part of the Bo¬ dy. In Horjes, a Difeaie that caufes a numnefsin the joynts,and proceeds from Cold taken upon hard and violent fixer- 15 cue
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