provine, v.
(prəʊˈvaɪn)
[ad. F. provignier (3rd s. provigne), -vaignier, -veignier (13th c. in Godef. Compl.), f. OF. provain, mod.F. provin:—L. prōpāgin-em young shoot, slip, or layer. See propagate v.]
trans. To propagate (a vine or the like) by layering. Also absol., and intr. in pass. sense. Hence proˈvining vbl. n.
| c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 31 Now also to prouyne is not the werst [L. Nunc et propago iure ducetur]. a 1577 Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. i. xii. (1589) 14 The father and mother sendeth them out in couples as it were by prouining or propagation. [Margin] Prouining, or propagation, is when a man layeth a branch of a..tree into the ground, so that it taketh roote of it self. 1707 Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 198 This was not the right Cinnamon-tree, but..'twas impossible to make it provine. 1866 Fleming & Tibbins Fr. Dict. II. 844/1 Provignement,..provining. Provigner, to provine, to lay a branch of a vine in the ground to take root, to layer. |