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That which is planted; a plantation. Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord. Isa. lxi. 3.

A mandrel in lathe turning. Knight. Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [U.S.]

Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.

ch as the reading of the class histories and poem, the delivery of the class oration, the planting of the class ivy, etc.

To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.

The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.

The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.

To cultivate by planting simultaneous crops in alternate rows; as, to intercrop an orchard. Also, to use for catch crops at seasons when the ground is not covered by crops of the regular rotation.

ico and the southwestern United States, a kind of plastered house or hut, usually made by planting poles or timber in the ground, filling in between them with screen work or wickerwork, and daubing one or both sides with mud or adobe mortar; also, this method of construction.

s a beast. Shak. -- To put one's nose out of joint, to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another. [Slang] -- To thrust one's nose into, to meddle officiously in. -- To wipe one's nose of, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang]

A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.

A young oyster suitable for transplanting. [Local, U.S.] Plant bug (Zoöl.), any one of numerous hemipterous insects which injure the foliage of plants, as Lygus lineolaris, which damages wheat and trees. -- Plant cutter (Zoöl.), a South American passerine bird of the genus Phytotoma, family Phytotomidæ. It has a serra…

The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. [R.]

affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying; abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry. Planting of orchards is very . . . pleasurable. Bacon. O, sir, you are very pleasurable. B. Jonson. -- Pleas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Pleas"ur*a*bly, adv.

To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane of the previous year's planting.

all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors.

The act of planting again; a replanting. [R.] Hallywell.

A sowing or planting. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

ntemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest. The season, prime for sweetest scents and airs. Milton.

- Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery. -- Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a funicle. -- Seed tick (Zoöl.), one of several species of ticks resembling seeds in form and color. -- Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which co…