ineye

Etymology

From Middle English *ineyen, eneien, eneyen, equivalent to in- + eye.

verb

  1. To innoculate or bud; ingraft or propagate (as a tree or plant) by the insertion of a bud.“One would be almost here tempted to believe, that Theophrastus means grafting, were it not for the climate of Attica, which may possibly have favourted the above practice of ineyeing.”