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Webster 1913 Edition
Graft
Graft
,Noun.
[OE.
graff
, F. greffe
, originally the same word as OF. grafe
pencil, L. graphium
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to write; prob. akin to E. carve
. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Cf. Graphic
, Grammar.
] (a)
A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
(b)
A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
(c)
(Surg.)
A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
1.
To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
[Formerly written
graff
.] 2.
(Surg.)
To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
3.
To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
And
graft
my love immortal on thy fame ! Pope.
4.
(Naut.)
To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
Graft
,Verb.
I.
To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
Webster 1828 Edition
Graft
GR`AFT
,Noun.
A small shoot or cion of a tree, inserted in another tree as the stock which is to support and nourish it. These unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
GR`AFT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To propagate by insertion or inoculation.2.
To insert in a body to which it did not originally belong. Rom.11.17.3.
To impregnate with a foreign branch.4.
To join one thing to another so as to receive support from it. And graft my love immortal on thy fame.
GR`AFT
,Verb.
I.