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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Averruncator
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a form of long shears used in arboriculture for "averruncating" or pruning off the higher branches of trees, &c. The word "averruncate" (from Lat. averruncare, to ward off, remove mischief) glided into meaning to "weed the ground," "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 English Dictionary regards such a derivation as impossible.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Averruncator'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/averruncator.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Averruncator'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/averruncator.html. 1910.
