Grafting

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Graft.

II. Grafting ·noun A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.

III. Grafting ·noun The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, ·etc.

IV. Grafting ·noun The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.

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