† emplaˈstration Obs.
Also 5 emplastracioun, 6 emplaistration, 6 implastration.
[ad. L. emplastrātiōnem, noun of action f. emplastrāre: see emplaster v.]
1. A mode of budding trees mentioned by Latin writers; so called from the piece of bark surrounding the bud, which was attached like a ‘plaster’ (L. emplastrum) to the tree.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. vii. 91 In Juyl and nowe solempne insicion Hath treen, that men calle emplastracioun. 1601 Holland Pliny II. Gloss., Emplastration in the Hortyard, is grafting by inocelation with a scutcheon. 1745 tr. Columella's Husb. v. xi, Emplastration, or..Inoculation. |
2. The application of a plaster.
| 1545 T. Raynalde Womans Booke 75 Ministred..by fumes, or odours, or emplastration, etc. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 394 To returne againe to the former emplastration. 1633 tr. Bacon's Life & Death (1650) 63 Closure up of the body by Emplastration. |