Pruning
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Pruning - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
PRU'NING, ppr. Lopping off superfluous branches; trimming; clearing of what is superfluous.
PRU'NING, n. In gardening and agriculture, the lopping off the superfluous branches of trees,either for improving the trees or their fruit.
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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