ablaqueate

Definitions

To lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil.

obsolete, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“After the autumnal equinox they were to be ablaqueated like⟳ the vines. Every third year they were to be dunged, and after some years (generally the eighth) to be pruned; for there was an old saying, to wit, eum qui aret olivetum rogare fructum; qui stercoret exorare; qui caedat cogere.”

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