Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A horse-power machine used in setting out tobacco or other field plants. It consists of a carriage supporting a small plow for opening the ground, rollers for pressing the soil against the plants, and a water-tank and pipes for watering each plant as soon as it is set out. It is operated by a driver and two boys, who ride behind and drop the plants in the furrow as the machine moves over the ground.
- noun One who transplants.
- noun In gardening, a hand-tool for lifting and transplanting small plants with a ball of earth about the roots.
- noun A machine for moving trees.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
transplants . - noun A
machine for transplantingtrees .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a gardener who moves plants to new locations
Etymologies
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Examples
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A year or two since, a machine was invented and offered to the growers of the Connecticut valley, called a transplanter, of which we here give an engraving.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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Some persons use what is called a transplanter, to enable them when they take up a plant, to remove it without disturbing the roots; but, as far as my own experience goes, I think these instruments are more troublesome than advantageous, and I prefer using a trowel.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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He added a few remarks about O'Brien's grandfather, the "transplanter"; but what annoyed the owner of Elixir most was Mulligan's remark that he had not seen the dog, but heard it was some new kind of German pug.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917 Various
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"transplanter" in our part of Ireland, his grandfather being the first of his branch to transplant himself here, and he did not then know much about the higher education of dog, though he is an admirable inspector of schools.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917 Various
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(Soundbite of newsreel) Unidentified Man #1: Gus Arnheim, transplanter (ph) to the world-famous Cocoanut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles.
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(Soundbite of newsreel) Unidentified Man #1: Gus Arnheim, transplanter (ph) to the world-famous Cocoanut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles.
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(Soundbite of newsreel) Unidentified Man #1: Gus Arnheim, transplanter (ph) to the world-famous Cocoanut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles.
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(Soundbite of newsreel) Unidentified Man #1: Gus Arnheim, transplanter (ph) to the world-famous Cocoanut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles.
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Mechanisation of taro culture - recent work in Hawaii has shown that mechanised planting, weed control and harvesting of dry land taro is practicable, planting being on well-cultivated (rotavated) soil using a modified transplanter handling taro setts.
Chapter 32 1987
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The driver sat on a wooden water barrel on this horse-drawn tobacco transplanter.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 John T. Schlebecker
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