Definition of Grafteng
Graft"ing n. 1. (Hort.) The act,
art, or process of inserting grafts.
2. (Naut.) The act or method of
weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
3. (Surg.) The transplanting of a
portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.
4. (Carp.) A scarfing or endwise
attachment of one timber to another.
Cleft grafting (Hort.) a method of
grafting in which the scion is placed in a cleft or slit in the stock
or stump made by sawing off a branch, usually in such a manaer that
its bark evenly joins that of the stock. -- Crown, or
Rind, grafting, a method of grafting which the alburnum
and inner bark are separated, and between them is inserted the lower
end of the scion cut slantwise. -- Saddle
grafting, a mode of grafting in which a deep cleft is
made in the end of the scion by two sloping cuts, and the end of the
stock is made wedge-shaped to fit the cleft in the scion, which is
placed upon it saddlewise. -- Side grafting,
a mode of grafting in which the scion, cut quite across very
obliquely, so as to give it the form of a slender wedge, is thrust
down inside of the bark of the stock or stem into which it is
inserted, the cut side of the scion being next the wood of the
stock. -- Skin grafting. (Surg.)
See Autoplasty. -- Splice grafting
(Hort.), a method of grafting by cutting the ends of the
scion and stock completely across and obliquely, in such a manner
that the sections are of the same shape, then lapping the ends so
that the one cut surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by
tying or otherwise. -- Whip grafting,
tongue grafting, the same as splice grafting, except that a cleft
or slit is made in the end of both scion and stock, in the direction
of the grain and in the middle of the sloping surface, forming a kind
of tongue, so that when put together, the tongue of each is inserted
in the slit of the other. -- Grafting
scissors, a surgeon's scissors, used in rhinoplastic
operations, etc. -- Grafting tool.
(a) Any tool used in grafting.
(b) A very strong curved spade used in digging
canals. -- Grafting wax, a composition of
rosin, beeswax tallow, etc., used in binding up the wounds of newly
grafted trees.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Horticulture): The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
- (Nautical): The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
- (Surgery): The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplastic.
- (Carpentry): A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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