girdling
Example Sentences
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Girdling the world at its equatorial bulge is a belt of hunger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Girdling does, however, interfere with the downward food current through the bark.
From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William
Girdling and peeling bark from standing trees on state land is prohibited.
From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William
A ThickeningAbove the Wire thatCaused the Girdling If the tree be girdled the roots sooner or later suffer from lack of food supply from the leaves.
From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William
The glory swims Girdling the glory-giver, swallowed straight By night's abysmal gloom, unglorified Behind as erst before the advancer: gloom?
From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus)
