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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 316 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRAFT (a modified form of the earlier " grail," through the French from the
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Late
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Lat. graphium, a stylus or pencil)
  , a small branch, shoot or "
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scion," transferred from one plant or tree to another, the " stock," and inserted in it so that the two unite (see HORTICULTURE) . The name was adopted from the resemblance in shape of the " graft " to a pencil . The transfer of living tissue from one portion of an organism to another
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part of the same or different organism where it adheres and grows is also known as " grafting," and is frequently practised in
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modern surgery . The word is applied, in
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carpentry, to an
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attachment of the ends of timbers, and, as a nautical
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term, to the " whipping " or " pointing " of a rope's end with
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fine twine to prevent unravelling . " Graft " is used as a
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slang term, in England, for a " piece of hard
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work." In
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American usage Webster's
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Dictionary (ed . 1904) defines the word as " the act of any one, especially an official or public employe, by which he procures
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money surreptitiously by virtue of his office or position; also the surreptitious gain thus procured." It is thus a word embracing
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blackmail and illicit commission .

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