Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRUN-ING-HOOK, or PRUN-ING-KNIFE
PRUN-INGPRU'RI-ENCE, or PRU'RI-EN-CY
PRUN-ING-HOOK, or PRUN-ING-KNIFE, n.
An instrument used in pruning trees. It is of various forms. – Dryden. Philips.
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