runcationEtymologyFrom Latin runcātus, from runcō.runcation means the act of weeding by hand. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounThe act of weeding by hand.“Then, having given it a second stirring, immediately before you sow; cast and disperse it into rills, or small narrow trenches, of four or five inches deep, and in even lines, at two foot interval, for the more commodious runcation, hawing, and dressing the trees: […]”