AVERRUNCATOR  , a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SHEARS

shears used in See also:

• ARBORICULTURE (Lat. arbor, a tree)

arboriculture for•"averruncating" or pruning off the higher branches of trees, &c . The word " averruncate " (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. averruncare, to See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward off, remove See also:

• MISCHIEF

mischief) glided into meaning to " See also:

• WEED, THURLOW (1797—1882)

weed the ground," " See also:

• PRUNE (adapted in various forms, e.g. prunne, proyne, &c., from Fr. prune, Med. Lat. pruna, Lat. prunum, Gr. irpovvov, earlier Trpouµvov, plum)

prune vines," &c., by a supposed derivation from the Lat. ab, off, and eruncare, to weed out, and it was spelt " aberuncate " to suit this ; but the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary regards such a derivation as impossible .